DEFEAT AS RELIGIOUS TEST. REFLECTION OF MILITARY-POLITICAL CRISIS OF PRUSSIA IN 1806-1807 AT PATRIOTIC SERMON
The article touches upon the perception by the Prussian protestant clergy of the military defeat of Prussia in the war of 1806-1807 against France. As an example the patriotic sermons of five most eminent Prussian theologians of the period are analyzed. The main attention is paid to answering the question how the pastors interpret the military catastrophe of Prussia and what way out of the crisis they suggest.