Ethno-religious group since the 16th century; a communal branch of Anabaptists
Hutterites
Hutterite women at work
Total population
50,000+ (2020)
Founder
Jakob Hutter
Regions with significant populations
North America (notably South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan)
Religions
Anabaptist
Scriptures
The Bible
Languages
Hutterite German, Standard German, English
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Background
Christianity
Radical Reformation
Sermon on the Mount
Doctrines and practices
Theology of Anabaptism
Believer's baptism
Lovefeast
Nonconformity to the world
Nonresistance
Free will
Freedom of religion
Priesthood of all believers
Separation of church and state
Foot washing
Holy kiss
Plain dress
Shunning
Simple living
Documents
Schleitheim Confession
Dordrecht Confession
Ausbund
Martyrs Mirror
Key people
George Blaurock
Hans Denck
Conrad Grebel
Melchior Hoffman
Balthasar Hubmaier
Hans Hut
Jakob Hutter
Alexander Mack
Felix Manz
Pilgram Marpeck
Melchior Rink
Michael Sattler
Menno Simons
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Hutterites
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Mennonites
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Old Order Mennonites
Old German Baptist Brethren
River Brethren
Russian Mennonites
Schwarzenau Brethren
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Schwenkfelders
Baptists
Pietism
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Moravian Church
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Hutterites (German: Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: Hutterische Brüder), are a communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the early 16th century and have formed intentional communities.[1]
The founder of the Hutterites, Jakob Hutter, "established the Hutterite colonies on the basis of the Schleitheim Confession, a classic Anabaptist statement of faith" of 1527, and the first communes were formed in 1528.[2][3][4] Since the death of Hutter in 1536, the beliefs of the Hutterites, especially those espousing a community of goods and nonresistance, have resulted in hundreds of years of diaspora in many countries.[3] The Hutterites embarked on a series of migrations through central and eastern Europe. Nearly extinct by the 18th century, they migrated to Russia in 1770 and about a hundred years later to North America. Over the course of 140 years, their population living in community of goods recovered from about 400 to around 50,000 at present. Today, almost all Hutterites live in Western Canada and the upper Great Plains of the United States.
^Shenker, Barry (March 31, 2011). Intentional Communities (Routledge Revivals) : Ideology and Alienation in Communal Societies. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203832639. ISBN 978-0-203-83263-9. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^Linder, Robert Dean (2008). The Reformation Era. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 147. ISBN 9780313318436. Hutter was important because he was a fearless, effective leader and because he established the Hutterite colonies on the basis of the Schleitheim Confession, a classic Anabaptist statement of faith.
^ abPennsylvania Folklife, Volumes 40–42. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center. 1990. p. 138. The essential beliefs and practices of the Hutterites are embodied in the Schleitheim Confession of Faith. Thus, in addition to a set of community rules for Christian living and the principle of worldly separation, the Hutterites, in accordance with the Schleitheim Articles, subscribe to the faith baptism of sin-conscious adults; the universal spiritual church of believers; the complete separation of church and state; pacifism and the refusal to bear arms; and the rejection of oaths of allegiance.
^McLaren, John; Coward, Harold (1999). Religious Conscience, the State, and the Law: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Significance. SUNY Press. p. 98. ISBN 9780791440025. The Hutterites are an Anabaptist group founded in 1528 in Moravia.
almost all Hutterites live in Western Canada and the upper Great Plains of the United States. The Anabaptist movement, from which the Hutterites emerged...
Dariusleit Hutterite groups, but there are also some few speakers among the older generations of Prairieleit (the descendants of those Hutterites who chose...
versions of Anabaptism would die out in Moravia leaving only the Hutterites. Even the Hutterites would be dissipated by persecution, with a remnant fleeing...
but abandoned this model of structure for that of the North American Hutterites, who they established contact with through the Dariusleut Wilson Siding...
photographer shedding light on the Hutterites in Canada and to provide support to other LGBTQ members of Hutterite communities. His departure and eventual...
(like the Swiss Brethren, the Hutterites and the Mennonites from northern Germany and the Netherlands). The Hutterites also practiced community of goods...
reestablished communal living among the Hutterites in Hutterdorf, Ukraine, in 1859. It was the only Hutterite Colony that did not relocate to Canada after...
then, the traditional Hutterites and the Bruderhof have been separate groups. The reason for the withdrawal of the Hutterites in 1955 was a conflict...
Elmendorf Hutterite Colony) is an independent Anabaptist community of Hutterite tradition. Even though the majority of the members are ethnic Hutterites, there...
Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. JHU Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8018-9911-9. All Amish, Hutterites, and most Mennonites baptized...
German gct – Colonia Tovar German bar – Bavarian cim – Cimbrian geh – Hutterite German ksh – Kölsch nds – Low German sli – Lower Silesian ltz – Luxembourgish...
(2005-2022) These communities have about 525 people living there, mostly ethnic Hutterites, but there is one person of Russian Mennonite background, as well as a...
Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. JHU Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8018-9911-9. All Amish, Hutterites, and most Mennonites baptized...
south-east Germany and Austria were organized by Jakob Hutter and became the Hutterites. The vast majority of Anabaptists of Swiss/South German ancestry today...
Punjabi Spanish Tagalog (Filipino) Arabic German Italian Canadian Gaelic Hutterite German Doukhobor Russian Newfoundland Irish Pennsylvania German Plautdietsch...
one of two Alemannic dialects (Swiss Amish), or in the case of the Hutterites—Hutterite German. Among the Old Order Mennonites, all horse and buggy groups...
numbers of German and Russian immigrants, including many Mennonites and Hutterites, as well as a significant contingent of Dutch Reformed. Alberta has seen...
in the 20th century). The Anabaptist tradition, made up of the Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites, rejected the Roman Catholic and Lutheran doctrines of...
USA Canadian Mennonite Brethren Churches Mennonite Church Canada Amish Hutterites Schwarzenau Brethren Church of the Brethren Anglican Anglican Communion...
reconciliation with the Hutterites. On 25 February 2007, the group, along with three couples invited to represent the Hutterites, held a memorial ceremony...
1925. Kubassek visited the Hutterites in Alberta in 1936. Kubassek and a group of his followers moved to West Raley Hutterite Colony and lived there for...
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