356 Paul Peucker, The Moravian Church in North America
Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
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🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In 1682, the first Assembly of Pennsylvania and the Delaware counties met in Chester, Pennsylvania, and adopted “the Great Law,” a humanitarian code that guaranteed the people of Pennsylvania liberty of conscience.
“The Great Law” created an environment that not only welcomed William Penn’s fellow Quakers to Pennsylvania but also created space for the migration of other unestablished religions, such as the Lutherans, Schwenkfelders, and Moravians.
Paul Peucker, an archivist and the Director of the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, joins us to investigate the establishment of the Moravian Church in North America. Paul is the author of many articles, essays, and books about the Moravians and their history, including Herrnhut: The Formation of a Moravian Community, 1722-1732.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | Ben Franklin's World is a production of Colonial Weavesburg Innovation Studios. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello, and welcome to episode 356 of Ben Franklin's World. |
| 0:22.6 | The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past |
| 0:28.5 | have shaped the present-day world we live in. |
| 0:30.9 | And I'm your host, Liz Covart. |
| 0:33.7 | In 1682, the first assembly of Pennsylvania and the Delaware counties met in Chester, Pennsylvania and adopted the Great Law. |
| 0:41.7 | The Great Law was a humanitarian code that guaranteed the people of Pennsylvania liberty of conscience. |
| 0:47.5 | The Great Law created an environment that not only welcomed William Penn's fellow Quakers to the colony, |
| 0:52.5 | but also created a space for the migration and establishment of unestablished religions. |
| 0:57.7 | Religions such as the Lutherans, Schwenkfelders, and Moravians. |
| 1:02.5 | No Pennsylvania's great religious diversity has inspired you to write me many emails |
| 1:07.5 | to suggest that we cover some of the religious groups and dissenters |
| 1:10.7 | who establish new lives and communities in Pennsylvania. |
| 1:14.3 | So this, my friend, is an episode for you. |
| 1:17.3 | Paul Poiker, the director of the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, |
| 1:21.5 | joins us to explore the history and settlement of the Moravians in North America. |
| 1:26.5 | No Paul is quite the historian of the Moravian Church. |
| 1:29.3 | He's published numerous essays, articles, and books, |
| 1:32.1 | including the edited collection, Self-Community World, |
| 1:35.7 | Moravian Education in a Transatlantic World, |
| 1:38.7 | and most recently, Harenhut, |
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