Church of the Brethren (Corporate Name)

Do not confuse with Plymouth Brethren (offshoot of the Church of England) or various Mennonite sects, e.g. Brethren in Christ, River Brethren, Yorker Brethren

Holsinger, H.R. Holsinger's hist. of the Tunkers & the Brethren Church, 1962: t.p. (Tunkers; Brethren Church; Church of the Brethren; Seventh-Day German Baptist Church; German Baptist Church; Old German Baptists)

Clark, E.T. The smaller sects in Amer., 1949 (Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers))

The Brethren encyc., 1983- : CIP v. 1, foreword (the major Brethren bodies are the Brethren Church, the Church of the Brethren, the Dunkard Brethren, the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, and the Old German Baptist Brethren)

NUCMC data from Pa. Hist. & Mus. Comm. for Sachse, J.F. Collection of Ephrata materials, 1680-1931 (Dunkardo)

LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Church of the Brethren; prior to 1836 known as "Brethren"; at annual conference, 1836 became Fraternity of German Baptists; in 1871 renamed German Baptist Brethren; since 1908 legal name: Church of the Brethren)

Phone call to J. Kraft, Pa. Hist. & Mus. Comm. [former curator, Ephrata Cloister (Museum)], 1-27-90 (in 1708 group of Brethren (later German Baptist Brethren and Church of the Brethren) came to Germantown, Pa., area under leadership of Alexander Mack; in 1720 Johann Conrad Beissel arrived to join this group; he became influenced by the Seventh Day Baptists (org., Rhode Island, 1671), and disagreeing with Germantown group in regards to Sat. Sabbath and celebacy, formed splinter group: Seventh Day German Baptist Brethren in 1728, primarily with other members of Germantown group; in 1732 Ephrata Cloister was founded to house the denomination; although no longer officially part of the Brethren, Ephrata Cloister continued loose affilation with both the Brethren (under various names) and with American Seventh-Day Baptists (under various names))

Un canto al señor en la Isla del Encanto, c1992: t.p. (La Iglesia de los Hermanos en Puerto Rico)