Apie liuteronybės diferenciaciją Rytų Prūsijoje. Pastabos dėl surinkimų Mozūrijoje XVIII a. pabaigoje – XIX a. pradžioje | On the Differentiation of Lutheranism in East Prussia. Notes on Surinkimai in Mazury in the Late 18th – the Early 19th C.

Abstract

The so-called “Group of Saints” (Heilige) formed in Mazury, in the County of Neidenburg (Kreis Neidenburg),in the late 18th c. and was most active in the parishes of Jerutki (Jerutten), Rozogi (Friedrichshof),and Wielbark (Willenberg). The present article, based on the documents stored in Secret StateArchives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin-Dahlem, discusses its activities. In particular,an effort is made to present the reconstructions of the essential policies and postulates of the activity ofthe group members. The author tries to answer the question about the period of time that the activitiesof surinkimininkai (Gemeinschaftsbewegung; participants of prayer hours held in private homes by laypreachers) in the Land of Mazury started. The official secession from Church was the principal reasonwhich made the author support the previous researchers of the phenomenon of the “Saints” who attributedthe “Saints” to non-traditional religious groups. On the other hand, because of the pietist roots and themajority of their views, they can be considered to be direct predecessors of surinkimininkai. KEY WORDS: The “Group of Saints” (Heilige), Mazury, the movement of surinkimininkai(Gemeinschaftsbewegung), East Prussia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ahuk.v26i0.514