The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics declares of this development: Yet the three remained organically one. and thus the Unitas became the earliest international Protestant church. Throughout their history the Moravians have lived up to their noble motto. "In essentials unity. in nonessentials liberty. in all things charity." Under the protective influence of Count von Zinzendorf. groups of the brethren began to come to America. They were missionaries rather than immigrants. for they came. inspired by their religious fervor. to spread the word of God in the New World. Upon their arrival they established schools and missions for the Indians and for the settlers already in the Colonies. They translated the Bible. the Psalms. and. equally important. school texts into the various Indian tongues and into German.
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