Abstract
Count Johann Philipp II of Ysenburg-Offenbach appointed Conrad Broske as his court preacher in 1686 when Broske was jus twenty-six years of age. Broske served in this position until he died. It is evident from Broske's involvements as adviser and confidant to the Count, Superintendent and Inspector of Schools for the Landeskirche, and censor of the Count's printing press, that Broske served as the Count's influential Berater or intimate counselor. It was Broske's good fortune to serve a prince of Reformed persuasion who was tolerant of radical chiliast ideas. The office of court preacher did not exist in Anglo-Saxon Protestantism; it was restricted mainly to Germany, Holland and Scandinavia. The circumstances in which the office arose in these countries included the relative autonomy of German princes and courts, and the right they possessed after the Peace of Augsburg and Peace of Westphalia to determine the religious confession of their realm.Keywords: Anglo-Saxon Protestantism; Conrad Broske; Count Johann Philipp II; court preacher; Germany; radical chiliast ideas; Reformed persuasion; Ysenburg-Offenbach
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