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English Dissenters

The Family of Love, or the Familists, were a religious sect that began in continental Europe in the 16th century.

Family of Love

Familists, a mystic religious community in renaissance England and the Low Countries

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Children of God, a new religious movement, which later used the names Family of Love and as of 2006, Family International

Henry Nicholis

Hendrik Nicholis (or Hendrik Niclaes, Heinrich Niclaes) (c.1501–c.1580) was a German mystic and founder of the Christian sect "Family of Love" (a.k.a. "Familists", "Familia Caritatis" or "Hus der Lieften").

John Knewstub

He became noted as a controversialist, particularly as a writer against the teaching of Henry Nicholas and the Family of Love.

Philip Galle

He was a friend of the Antwerp printer Christopher Plantin and perhaps part of the secretive humanist circle of the Family of Love, which makes it difficult to place him as Catholic or Protestant during the Dutch Revolt.

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