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HERESY OF THE FREE SPIRIT

“the adepts of the Free Spirit did not form a single church but rather a number of likeminded groups, each with its own messiah and each with its own particular practices, rites and articles of belief.” It is characteristic of … Continue reading

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KING OF ALL THE WORLD

The holy terrors of Munster. Their revolution in 1534-35 anticipated the “psychic epidemics” of our own time: “The spread of the Anabaptists in lower Germany and the Netherlands must largely be ascribed to the activity of Melchior Hofmann, a widely … Continue reading

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