The Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and…

February 1805 CE

The Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785, had moved, due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, to the United States, where representatives initially purchased land in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

On February 15, 1805, the group of approximately four hundred followers formally organize the Harmony Society, placing all their goods in common.

Under its founder and spiritual leader, Johann Georg Rapp (1757–1847); Frederick (Reichert) Rapp (1775–1834), his adopted son who manages its business affairs; and their associates, the Society will exist for one hundred years; roughly from 1805 until 1905.

Members are known as Harmonists, Harmonites, or Rappites.

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