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=== People ===
Neander's personal influences began first and foremost within his own family. His father did not have a very positive influence in young Neander's life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Saint Augustin, Melancthon, Neander: Three Biographies|last=Schaff|first=Philip|publisher=Funk & Wagnalis Publishers|year=1886|location=New York|pages=133|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Germany: Its Universities, Theology, and Religion; With Sketches of Neander, Tholuck, Olsausen, Hengstenberg, Twesten, Nitzsch, Muller, Ullmann, Rothe, Dorner, Lange, Ebrard, Wichern, and Other Distinguished German Devines of the Age.|last=Schaff|first=Philip|publisher=Lindsay and Blakiston|year=1857|location=Philadelphia|pages=262|via=Google Books}}</ref> Shortly after Neander's birth, his mother Esther divorced
Neander was most indebted to his teacher and later his friend and colleague Schleiermacher, of whom similar sentiments are evident in his perceived purpose of recording church history.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works and Methods|last=Bradley & Muller|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|year=2016|location=Grand Rapids, MI|pages=17}}</ref> <blockquote>“To exhibit the history of the church of Christ, as a living witness of the divine power of Christianity; as a school of Christian experience; a voice, a sounding through the ages, of instruction, of doctrine, and of reproof, for all who are disposed to listen.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=General History of the Christian Religion and Church. Translated From the Second and Improved Edition by Joseph Torrey. Volume First|last=Neander|first=Augustus|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|year=1854|pages=16|via=Google Books}}</ref></blockquote>Schleiermacher's attitude towards history undoubtedly influenced that of his student and colleague, which in turn would have also influenced Neander's work.
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