1. The Moravian Missionary Experience: 1732-1800
... the 1720s. The doctrine of the Moravians centered on the sufferings of Christ on the cross and involved much contemplation of the various wounds he received therein. Zinzendorf began the practice of sending Brethren to minister among the heathens in the New World and Africa, and potential missionaries underwent extensive indoctrination: These missionaries, both men and women, envisioned themselves as "brides of Christ" whose father was God and whose mother the Holy Ghost. In this imagery, the ... church was born in the savior's side wound, betrothed to Christ in Holy Communion, making i...
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