Herrnhut

Is a town in eastern Europe owed by Count Nicholas von ZinzendorfCount Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (A.D. 1700–1760) Lutheran minister, Pietist theologian, godson of Philipp Jakob Spener, and leader of the ... more where he offered asylum to MoraviansAre members of a Protestant group who fled persecution in the 1720s and settled in an area in modern-day Czech Republic known at that time as Moravia.... more and later became their bishopA person holding the ecclesiastical office that exerciseds authority over the laity and priests in a geographical area called a “diocese” where th... more. A “Herrnhuter” is another term for a Moravian. SchleiermacherFriedrich Schleiermacher (A.D. 1768–1834) German theologian and philosopher, minister in the Reformed church, professor at the University of Berlin ... more was saying he was a Moravian when he referred to himself as “a Herrnhuter of a higher order.”