The Quakers and Moravians Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 77) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, signed into law on 10 August 1838. Prior to this...
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Katherine Carte. Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America (2010) Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Jesus Is Female: Moravians and the Challenge of Radical...
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during the 1730s–40's and because the Moravians welcomed anyone into their church services, most German Pietists viewed Moravians as more than harmless...
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Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its founding to 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers...
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Delaware Nation at Moraviantown (redirect from Moravian of the Thames)
Moravian 47 (Munsee: Náahii, literally 'downstream', in contrast with Munsee-Delaware Nation, referred to as "Nalahii", meaning "upstream") is an Indian...
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the United States. The largest concentration of Moravians today is in Tanzania. The motto of the Moravian church is: (in Latin) In necessariis unitas, in...
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who had conscientious objections to oaths, extended by the Quakers and Moravians Act 1838, and later further extended to anybody who chooses to do so. The...
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Nicene Creed in the Moravian Liturgy does not include the 'filioque' clause, i.e., like the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Moravians believe that the Holy...
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Christian Munsee (redirect from Moravian Indians)
group of Lenape people began to follow the teachings of Moravian missionaries. The Moravians were descended from exiled Protestants from Morava, now Czech...
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Wachovia Tract (category History of the America (South) Province of the Moravian Church)
purchased on behalf of the Moravians by John Henry (Johann Heinrich) Antes, who had also served as agent on behalf of the Moravians in the purchase of the...
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Nicolaus Zinzendorf (category 18th-century Moravian bishops)
Moravians at Herrnhut (including Christian David), by the Danish West India Company, by planters in Saint Thomas, by the risk of getting malaria, and...
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August Gottlieb Spangenberg (category 18th-century Moravian bishops)
apologist, statesman, and corrector over a lengthy 60-year career. The Moravians universally referred to Spangenberg as "Brother Joseph" because, like...
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Peter Boehler (category 18th-century Moravian bishops)
that group of Moravians to Pennsylvania. They founded the towns of Nazareth and Bethlehem, both of which are still-thriving populous Moravian communities...
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Old Salem (category Settlements in the America (South) Province of the Moravian Church)
to the Bethlehem and Herrnhut archives. Most of this information has been translated and published in the "Records of the Moravians in North Carolina"...
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Uyaquq (category American people of the Moravian Church)
a gentle personality and have been a very erudite speaker. Uyaquq was fascinated by the idea that the English-speaking Moravians could quote a passage...
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God's Acre (category Traditions of the Moravian Church)
1742. He then abandoned his life to move with them and establish Bethlehem. Shortly after the Moravians arrival in Bethlehem, Müller succumbed to a fever...
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hunting and fishing grounds. Moravians began establishing missions in Labrador in 1771. The first was located at Nain. The Moravians sought to evangelize the...
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Salem College (category Educational institutions of the American (South) Province of the Moravian Church)
originally a girls' school established by the Moravians, who believed strongly in equal education for men and women. On April 22, 1772, the Little Girls'...
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descended in to the Covid19 pandemic, Moravians began to ring, rehang their stars as a sign of love, hope and peace during dark times. On March 27, 2020...
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later extended to those who were formerly Quakers or formerly Moravians under the Quakers and Moravians Act 1838. Since then the right to affirm has been...
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John Amos Comenius (category Bishops of the Moravian Church)
Ioannes Amos Comenius; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education...
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The Moravian Slaves, a popular narrative about Christian Missions concerning Johann Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann, describes how these two young...
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The Quakers and Moravians Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 49) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act allowed Quaker and Moravian MPs...
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Agape feast (category Traditions of the Moravian Church)
instituted among Brethren before Moravians adopted the practice. The lovefeast of the Moravian Church is based on the Agape feast and the meals of the early churches...
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West Salem, Illinois (category Settlements in the America (North) Province of the Moravian Church)
of what was to become West Salem, most of them Moravians. But in 1843, it was Martin Hauser, a Moravian home missionary also from Hope, Indiana, who would...
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Clifton Hill Moravian Church is a Moravian church in central Saint Thomas parish in Barbados. It was built by the Moravians who had previously settled...
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exempted from the 1855 Act for closing London cemeteries. Interments stopped in 1888, although it may still be used for ashes. Moravians generally call their...
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Adelaide Fries (category Writers of the Moravian Church)
history and genealogy of the Moravians in the southern United States. She made important contributions to the field as archivist, translator, author and editor...
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Fulneck School (category Educational institutions of the British Province of the Moravian Church)
Boys and Girls. The influx of Moravians was not welcomed locally and many Moravians feared for their safety in case of a possible pogrom. The Moravians built...
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for the Moravian Church in the Manchester area. Numbers 15, 28 and 30 Fairfield Square are Grade II* listed buildings. In 1742 the Moravians established...
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