The Hutterian Brethren, 1528-1931
Subtitle: a story of martyrdom and loyalty
By: by John Horsch
Series: Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history -- 2.
Publisher: Macmillan Colony
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Cayley, Alberta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Colonies huttérites; Histoire; Hutterite Brethren; History
Notes: Reprint of the 1931 ed., issued as Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, 2.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156).
Table of contents: title: Chapter I: General history of the Hutterian brotherhood to 1593; title: Introductory; title: Menno Simons; title: Origin of the Hutterian church; title: Jacob Hutter. Division of the church at Austerlitz; title: Toleration granted by the Lords of Kaunitz; title: The views of the brethren on toleration: the cause of their persecution; title: The principal reason for the toleration of the brethren in Moravia; title: The first great persecution in Moravia; title: Moravia the land of religious freedom: an ideal Christian community; title: Chapter II: Life, activities, and sufferings in Moravia; title: "A city set upon a hill"; title: A missionary church; title: Testimony of Fischer and others concerning the life and character of the brethren; title: The schools of the brethren; title: The physicians of the brethren; title: A church "under the cross"; title: The story of Steinabrunn; title: A stain on the history of Christendom; title: Chapter III: Persecution and suppression of the brotherhood in Moravia. Settlement in Hungary and Transylvania, 1593-1662; title: Tribulations of the brotherhood in the first years of the Thirty Years' War; title: A forced colonization; title: Expulsion of the brotherhood from Moravia; title: The brethren in Hungary; title: An author of the seventeenth century on the life of the brethren in Hungary; title: Colonies and Bodok and Mannheim; title: Chapter IV: The decline and destruction of the brotherhood in Hungary and Transylvania; title: The abandonment of the community of goods and its causes; title: The great persecution in Hungary; title: The persecution begins in earnest; title: The brotherhood in flight; title: A number of brethren martyred; title: The Jesuit Delpini among the brethren at Alwintz in Transylvania; title: The further course of the persecution; title: Persecution at Creutz in Transylvania; title: Good counsel from an apostate; title: Chapter V: The renewal of the brotherhood and flight to Wallachia; title: The flight of the brotherhood from Transylvania; title: The brotherhood in Wallachia. Migration to Russia; title: Contents VI: The Hutterian Brotherhood in Russia and in America; title: Connections of the brotherhood with their friends in Hungary and Carinthia; title: An audience granted by the emperor; title: A visit by a member of the Moravian Church of Germany in Levar; title: The brotherhood in Reditschewa on the Molotschna River; title: The brethren in America; title: Chapter VII: The faith and principles of the Hutterian brethren; title: The Scriptures in Hutterian theology; title: Sin and salvation; title: The need of a consistent Christian life; title: The church; title: The community of goods; title: The principle of non resistance; title: Concerning the making of swords; title: Concerning taxes; title: Whether a Christian may use the law; title: The supposed treasure of the Hutterites; title: A true brotherhood; title: Separation vs. divorce; title: Uncompromising religious attitude; title: Religious certainty; title: Church discipline; title: A modern writer on the present day organization of the Hutterites.