See also:

• MUCKERS (Ger. Muckern, i.e. canting bigots, hypocrites)

MUCKERS (Ger. Muckern, i.e. canting bigots, hypocrites)  , the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname given to the followers of the teaching of Johann Heinrich SchOnherr (1770-1826) and Johann Wilhelm See also:

• EBEL, HERMANN WILHELM (1820–1875)
• EBEL, JOHANN GOTTFRIED (1764–1830)

Ebel (1784-1861) . Schonherr, the son of a non-commissioned officer at See also:

• MEMEL
• MEMEL, or N1EMEN

Memel in See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, was educated at the university of See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, where at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the theological See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty, under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Kantian See also:

• IDEALISM (from Gr. i5Ea, archetype or model, through been urged of the truth of its point of view is the persistency Fr. idealisme)

idealism, was strongly rationalist in tendency . The lad, who was miserably poor, was dissatisfied with a See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy which stopped See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short of an explanation of the " thing in itself," and, having been reared in the strictest orthodoxy, he set to See also:

• WORK

work to develop, with the aid of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, a philosophy of his own . In the end he believed himself to have reached ultimate knowledge, and became the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet of a dualistic See also:

• THEOSOPHY (from Gr. Oe6s, god, and vogbta, wisdom)

theosophy' so closely analogous to See also:

• GNOSTICISM (Gr. yvwvcs, knowledge)

Gnosticism that it might have been taken for a deliberate revival, had not Schonherr's lack of See also:

• EDUCATION

education precluded any such See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea . Among his converts was Ebel, who from 1810 onwards gained a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation in Konigsberg as an See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest preacher of the orthodox doctrines of'See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin, See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and redemption, and in 1816 was appointed " See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon," i.e. See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal pastor, at the old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in Konigsberg . In the See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit he was orthodox; but he gathered about him a select circle of the initiated, to whom in private he taught Schonherr's doctrines . SchOnherr himself sank into the background, and eventually died in 1826 . But Ebel continued his teaching, and was joined in 182 7 by Heinrich Diestel, also a Lutheran pastor of Konigsberg . They became See also:

• FATHER

father confessors to a wide circle of See also:

• SILLY

silly fashionable See also:

• PEOPLE

people in the Prussian See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . In view of their See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar teaching as to " the See also:

• PURIFICATION

purification of the flesh," which involved the See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute regulation of the intercourse of married people, See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal was ' Schonherr distinguished two primal See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers or principles—one male and active, the other See also:

• FEMALE

female and passive—having both See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality and volition; he called them See also:

• LIGHT

Light and Darkness, See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire and See also:

• WATER

Water . They moved freely in the void, and from their ultimate contact See also:

• GOD

God and the See also:

• WORLD

world sprang into being . Evil came into existence owing to the fall of See also:

• LUCIFER (d. 370/1)
• LUCIFER (the Latinized form of Gr. 4scwo'4 bpos, " light-bearer ")

Lucifer, a Light-being created by God, who in revenge See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent his aid to the powers of Darkness .

Sin came with the Fall of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man; and this infection, inherited with the See also:

• BLOOD

blood, necessitated redemption in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to restore the See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony of the primal powers . This was the work of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, who descended into a world the inhabitants of which are divided into See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of Light and children of Darkness . The See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost, emanating from Christ, perfects the higher natures in whom Christ's " See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of righteousness " is represented and who to a certain extent See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in his being; it becomes their See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty to obtain See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over the See also:

• LOWER

lower natures so as to struggle against the powers of Darkness in them—powers which can be overcome by See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer, See also:

• FASTING (from " fast," derived from old Teutonic fastejan; synonyms being the Gr. vnorebety, late Lat. jejunare)

fasting and self-See also:

• MORTIFICATION

mortification generally . The end was near and the See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph of the Light assured . See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-christ (See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon) had already appeared, and when Christ came he would find no faith on the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth (See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke xviii . 8) because faith would be swallowed up in knowledge . inevitable . Matters came to a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head in 1835, when See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Finckenstein, himself formerly an initiate, denounced the two pastors and accused them of immorality . Diestel wrote two violent tirades against the count, who brought an See also:

• ACTION

action for See also:

• SLANDER

slander and won it . The See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence taken in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case was then laid before the See also:

• CONSISTORY (Lat. consistorium, literally, a standing place, hence meeting place, waiting or audience chamber)

consistory, and proceedings followed which became famous as the " Konigsberger Religionsprozess " (1835—1841),1 ending in sentences of deprivation on both Ebel and Diestel . The charges of actual immorality were dismissed; but there is no doubt that some of their followers established practices akin to those of the Agapemone and the Perfectionists . Some of them migrated to See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil, where in 1874 at See also:

• PORTO

Porto Alegre a See also:

• COMPANY

company of them came into collision with the military .

See J . I . Mombert, Faith Victorious (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1882) ; Hepworth See also:

• DIXON
• DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
• DIXON, HENRY HALL (1822-1870)
• DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
• DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

Dixon, Spiritual Wives (1868); and, more especially, the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on Sch6nherr, by P . Tschackert, in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie (3rd. ed., See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1906), xvii . 676 .