Chapter 3

DEACONESSES FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES.

Béguines--Characteristics--Duties--Gerhard Groot--Sisters of the Common Life--Obligations--Duties--Waldenses--Bohemian Brethren--Luther--Calvin--Reformed Church at Wesel-- Deaconesses in Amsterdam--Damsels of Charity--Mennonites and Moravians 34