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From: Merle C Rummel <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Hans Jorg Kiesel - 1729 Allen
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:23:07 -0400
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The Pietist movement out of the University of Halle -about 1680 -all
took the name of Brethren (brothers and sisters) - only two churches
evolved from these Bible Studies - The Moravian Brethren (Hussites) -
the Baptist Brethren (us - German Baptist Brethren, etc) Some groups
used "Gemeinshaft".

There was no particular dress or uniform. These were Bible Studies open
to anyone, to learn the way the Early Church lived their Christianity
(Primitive Christianity). The was a common theme -of many of the
original reformation and for centuries after.

Merle C Rummel
Church Historian

> could anyone explain to me WHAT exactly Brethren means?
> I understood that it was/is a religious group, a speciell church. But as I
> am not grown up in the States, I do not understand what religion this is. I
> know lutheran, catholic, presbian, amish, ... but what is brethren and does
> anybody know what the word in german would be? Does this religion still
> exist? How would someone recognize a brethren? Or wouldn´t that be possible?
>
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