The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ohemians. The manor can be reached from Elkton on the north,distant seven miles ; from Middletown, on the east, aboutthe same distance; and from the Sassafras river, on thesouth, direct from Baltimore by boat. The road by wayof Elkton is probably the best, as the roads thence to theold manor are remarkably pleasant and good. It has been stated, upon different occasions, that therewas some similarity in doctrine between the Labadists andthe Quakers; also that Labadie and William Pe
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ohemians. The manor can be reached from Elkton on the north,distant seven miles ; from Middletown, on the east, aboutthe same distance; and from the Sassafras river, on thesouth, direct from Baltimore by boat. The road by wayof Elkton is probably the best, as the roads thence to theold manor are remarkably pleasant and good. It has been stated, upon different occasions, that therewas some similarity in doctrine between the Labadists andthe Quakers; also that Labadie and William Penn were ^ Jean de Labadie, a noted mystic and theosophist of the seventeenthcentury, born at Bourg-en-Guienne, February 13, 1610. Died at Altona,Holstein, February 2, 1674. Educated at the Jesuits College of Bordeaux,he became a member of that society, but left the order in 1639, and in1650 became a Protestant, joining the Reformed Church. He settled in 66 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania. friends and associates; further, that it was at the lattersinstance that Bohemia Manor was selected by the agents of. Monsieur Jean de Labadie, 1610-1674. the Labadist Community, under the impression that it was Montauban, and was the means of inducing over three hundred Catholicsto adopt a similar course. He was elected pastor of the church and re-mained in charge for eight years. During which time he continued hismystical speculations, and founded a society somewhat similar to theQuietists of his old communion, this society became known as Laba-dists. Being at length banished from Montauban for sedition, he wentfirst to Orange, thence to Geneva. In 1666 he was invited to Middleburg,Holland. Here his followers increased in number and included manypersons of rank and education. Among whom was Anna Maria v. Schur-man and the Princess Palatine Elizabeth. The heterodoxy and contu-macy of Labadie, however, soon led to his deposition by the Synod ofNaardon and to his banishment from the Provi
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