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NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o) , founder of the sect called " the Family of Love," was born in 1501 or 1502, at Munster, where he was married and carried on the business of a mercer. As a boy he was subject to visions, and at the age of twenty-seven charges of heresy led to his imprisonment. About 1530 he removed with his family to Amsterdam
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Nicholas's principal disciple in England was one Christopher Vitel, and towards 1579 the progress of the sect especially in the eastern counties provoked literary attacks, proclamations and parliamentary bills. But Nicholas's followers escaped the gallows and the stake, for they combined with some success the wisdom of the serpent and the harmlessness of the dove. They would only discuss their doctrines with sympathizers; they showed every respect for authority, and considered outward conformity a duty. This quietist attitude, while it saved them from molestation, hampered propaganda; and though the " Family " existed until the middle of the 17th century, it was then swallowed up by the Quakers
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