The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 456
pon the Eckerlin settle-ment was not a military nor politicalone, but was executed purely throughreligious motives, the object being theextermination of a heretical commu-nity within the bounds of French terri-tory. This is the only known caseof religions persecution by the RomanCatholic clergy in… … One of these missives, written by Onesimus and sent to Ephrata, isnow in the collection of the writer. It is dated In the distant, great,and high and broad extending Alleghany Mountains, November 7, 1756.This missive, which was addressed to Dearly Beloved Brother Jaebez,consists of no less than 192…
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