biography
pronunciation:
[chelchitskee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1390–1460)
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| biography:
| Reformer and theologian, probably born in Chelčice, Bohemia. A radical follower of the Hussites, he abjured towns and commerce, and founded the sect which became the Moravian Brothers. The Christian doctrine of his The Net of True Faith (1450) was later promulgated by Tolstoy. |
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