The Communion Bread of Moravian Herrnhut
On August 13, 1727, the small community of Herrnhut in Saxony was fracturing. Czech Hussites, German Pietists, and Reformed exiles — all living on Count...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 10:16-17.
On August 13, 1727, the small community of Herrnhut in Saxony was fracturing. Czech Hussites, German Pietists, and Reformed exiles — all living on Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf's estate — had spent months in bitter theological disputes. They argued over hymns, over doctrine, over who belonged and who didn't. The experiment in Christian community was failing. Then came a communion service at the Berthelsdorf church.…
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