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Patron and patriarch of this period was a Saxon count, Nicholas von Zinzendorf, on whose estate a group of Moravian refugees settled in 1722. They established a community called Herrnhut-the place God will guard-and here developed some of the customs that are peculiar to the Moravians today, such as reviving the early Christian agape, or love feast, which, unlike Communion, is a real meal shared in mutual devotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Moravian Anniversary | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

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