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- The Family of Love or Familists (English term) was a mystic religious sect known as the Familia Caritatis (Hus der Lieften; Huis der Liefde; Haus der Liebe; Family of Love), founded by Hendrik Niclaes. Niclaes was a prosperous merchant. In 1532-33 he was in trouble for heresy while in Amsterdam, a recruitment ground for Protestants leading up to the Münster Rebellion of 1534. Rather than becoming involved with outward rebellion, he moved to Emden, where in around 1540 he began preaching a quieter but radical message, based on a traditional mystic Christian idea derived from the writings of Paul, which said that a part of God is in every person. He told his followers they had so much of God's spirit in them that they were a part of the Godhead. Niclaes' intoxicating message appealed to the well educated and creative elite, artists, musicians and scholars. They felt no need to spread the message and risk heresy - members were usually a part an otherwise established church, quietly remaining in the background, confident in their elite status as part of the Godhead. As the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition says: The outward trappings of his system were Anabaptist; his followers were accused of asserting that all things were ruled by nature and not directly by God, of denying the dogma of the Trinity, and repudiating infant baptism. They held that no man should be put to death for his opinions, and apparently, like the later Quakers, they objected to the carrying of arms and to anything like an oath; and they were quite impartial in their repudiation of all other churches and sects, including Brownists and Barrowists. Members of the Familists included cartographer Abraham Ortel, and publisher Christopher Plantin. Plantin worked by day as Philip II of Spain's printer of Catholic documents for the Counter Reformation, and otherwise surreptitiously printed Familist literature. In the 1580s, it was discovered that some of the Yeomen of the Guard for Elizabeth I were Familists - the Queen did nothing about it which raised questions about her own beliefs. The keeper of the lions in the Tower of London for James I was a Familist. The biggest colony of Familists was in Balsham. His chief apostle in England was Christopher Vitell. The society lingered into the early years of the 18th century; the leading idea of its service of love was a reliance on sympathy and tenderness for the moral and spiritual edification of its members. Thus, in an age of strife and polemics, it seemed to afford a refuge for quiet, gentle spirits, and meditative temperaments. The Quakers, Baptists and Unitarians may have derived some of their ideas from the "Family"
- Die Familisten (lateinisch familia charitatis, Liebesbrüderschaft, in England Family of Love) waren eine religiöse Gruppierung mystischer Richtung, die im 16. Jahrhundert und 17. Jahrhundert in Holland und England aufkam. Der Stifter der Familisten ist Heinrich Niclaes (* etwa 1501 in Münster), ein Schüler von David Joris. Niclaes wirkte in den bedeutendsten Städten der Niederlande, dann 20 Jahre in Emden und vorübergehend auch in England (wo die Schwerpunkte der Familisten in East Anglia lagen), als Königin Elisabeth I. 1580 seine Schriften verbrennen ließ. Die Familisten sahen das Wesen der Religion in der Liebe, ihnen waren Zeremonien oder Glaubenssätze gleichgültig. Pro forma gehörten sie zumeist der jeweiligen (katholischen oder anglikanischen) Staatskirche an. Um die Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts verschwanden die Familisten. Ob die englischen Familisten in den Quäkern aufgegangen sind oder deren Theologie beeinflusst haben, ist in der Forschung umstritten.
- Los familistas fueron una secta religiosa mística fundada en Holanda hacia 1540 por Hendrik Niclaes con el nombre de Familia Caritatis (Hus der Lieften; Huis der Liefde; Haus der Liebe; Familia o Casa de amor). Los familistas hacían consistir la perfección religiosa en el amor mutuo, pero exageraban, a ojos del resto de protestantes, colocando la caridad por encima de la fe. Decían, además, que siendo Dios amor, el que realiza el amor entra en la presencia divina y se diviniza en cierto modo. En una confesión de fe publicada en 1575 protestaron ante las acusaciones que se les dirigían de apartarse de los preceptos evangélicos. En Inglaterra hicieron una activa propaganda desde los últimos años del reinado de Eduardo VI, pero fueron perseguidos tanto en los gobiernos de María I como de Isabel I. Se considera que este movimiento se extinguió hacia el siglo XVII.
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- The Family of Love or Familists (English term) was a mystic religious sect known as the Familia Caritatis (Hus der Lieften; Huis der Liefde; Haus der Liebe; Family of Love), founded by Hendrik Niclaes. Niclaes was a prosperous merchant. In 1532-33 he was in trouble for heresy while in Amsterdam, a recruitment ground for Protestants leading up to the Münster Rebellion of 1534.
- Die Familisten (lateinisch familia charitatis, Liebesbrüderschaft, in England Family of Love) waren eine religiöse Gruppierung mystischer Richtung, die im 16. Jahrhundert und 17. Jahrhundert in Holland und England aufkam. Der Stifter der Familisten ist Heinrich Niclaes (* etwa 1501 in Münster), ein Schüler von David Joris.
- Los familistas fueron una secta religiosa mística fundada en Holanda hacia 1540 por Hendrik Niclaes con el nombre de Familia Caritatis (Hus der Lieften; Huis der Liefde; Haus der Liebe; Familia o Casa de amor). Los familistas hacían consistir la perfección religiosa en el amor mutuo, pero exageraban, a ojos del resto de protestantes, colocando la caridad por encima de la fe.
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