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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Eberhard Arnold, founder of the Bruderhof, d Nov 22 1935. After WWI he passed up his career as a theologian to see, instead, if it was possible to live according to the Sermon on the Mount. In effect, he rediscovered the spirit of the 16th century Anabaptists.

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

His community practiced adult baptism, strict nonviolence, property shared in common. In the 1930 they barely escaped Nazi Germany. They live on today. Highly recommend their

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

They follow the Hutterite style of traditional dress. Def not nuns! Big families.

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

I wouldn’t presume to speak for them.

12:52 PM · Nov 23, 2019