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...heresy, condemned and bound to the stake in 1415. he cried: "I shall die with joy in the faith of the Gospel I have preached!" Then the flames flared up, and their light has not yet died. Last week John Hus's followers, known now as the Moravian Church, celebrated their 500th anniversary...
After years of persecution, in 1457 the peasant Hussites formed their own group and called it Unitas Fratrum-Unity of the Brethren-the official title of the Moravian Church today. By the end of the 16th century, the Brethren were the dominant Protestant church in Bohemia. But after the Thirty Years' War broke out, the Bohemian Protestants were routed by the Catholics; on June 21, 1621, no fewer than 15 leaders of the Brethren were beheaded. The group went underground and stayed there for 100 years. Moravians know this as the time of "The Hidden Seed...
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Spiritual followers of Jacob Hutter, a 16th century Moravian patriarch who preached literal obedience to the Scriptures, the Hutterites first settled in South Dakota; in 1918 many of them moved to Alberta to escape U.S. draft laws. They established seven colonies, or Bruderhofe, each with 50 to 75 members. As each colony became overcrowded, it divided its assets to set up a new Bruderhof...
...Moravian violinist and prolific composer (1868-1944), chiefly remembered for his drawing-room favorite, Serenade...