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| place_founded = [[wikipedia:Bohemia|Bohemia]] / [[wikipedia:Herrnhut|Herrnhut, Saxony]]
| place_founded = [[wikipedia:Bohemia|Bohemia]] / [[wikipedia:Herrnhut|Herrnhut, Saxony]]
| congregations = 1,000
| congregations = 1,000
| number_of_followers = 1,112,120 <small>(2016)</small><ref name="Membership"/>
| number_of_followers = 1,112,120
| website = unitasfratrum.org
| website = [https://unitasfratrum.org unitasfratrum.org]
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The '''Moravian Church''', or the '''Moravian Brethren''' (or ''Moravští bratři''), formally the '''Unitas Fratrum''' ([[wikipedia:Latin|Latin]]: "Unity of the Brethren"),<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Moravian History |url=http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history |publisher=Moravian Church of the British Province |access-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223035154/http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history |archive-date=23 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Unitas Fratrum |url=http://www.unitasfratrum.org |website=Unitasfratrum.org |access-date=12 March 2017 |quote=Unitas Fratrum, the Worldwide Moravian Church consists of Unity Provinces, Mission Provinces, Mission Areas and certain areas of work which are the responsibility of the Moravian Unity as a whole.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Unity of the Brethren |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-13/unity-of-brethren.html |date=1987 |access-date=11 March 2017 |work=Christianity Today}}</ref> is one of the oldest [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christian denomination|denominations]] in [[Christianity]], dating back to the [[Bohemian Reformation]] of the 15th century and the [[History of the Moravian Church|Unity of the Brethren]] ({{langx|cs|Jednota bratrská|links=no}}) founded in the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], sixty years before [[Martin Luther]]'s [[Reformation]].
The '''Moravian Church''', or the '''Moravian Brethren''' (or ''Moravští bratři''), formally the '''Unitas Fratrum''' ([[wikipedia:Latin|Latin]]: "Unity of the Brethren"),<ref>http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history https://web.archive.org/web/20160223035154/http://www.moravian.org.uk/index.php/the-moravian-church/moravian-history</ref><ref>http://www.unitasfratrum.org</ref><ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-13/unity-of-brethren.html</ref> is one of the oldest [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christian denomination|denominations]] in [[Christianity]], dating back to the [[Bohemian Reformation]] of the 15th century and the [[History of the Moravian Church|Unity of the Brethren]] J(ednota bratrská) founded in the [[wikipedia:Kingdom of Bohemia|Kingdom of Bohemia]], sixty years before [[Martin Luther]]'s [[Reformation]].


The church's heritage can be traced to 1457 and the [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown]], which included [[Bohemia]], [[Moravia]], [[Silesia]], and previously the [[Hussite movement]] against several practices and doctrines of the [[Catholic Church]]. Its name is derived from exiles who fled from Moravia to [[Saxony]] in 1722 to escape the [[Counter-Reformation]], establishing the Christian community of [[Herrnhut]]. Hence, it is also known in [[German language|German]] as the {{Sic|{{lang|de|[Herrnhuter] Brüdergemeine}}|nolink=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Herzlich willkommen |trans-title=Warm welcome |url=http://www.ebu.de/startseite/ |access-date=12 March 2017 |website=Ebu.de |publisher=Evangelische Brüder-Unität - Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine |language=de |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411194015/https://www.ebu.de/startseite/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ("Unity of Brethren [of Herrnhut]").<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moravian church {{!}} Protestant denomination |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Moravian-church |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>
The church's heritage can be traced to 1457 and the [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown]], which included [[Bohemia]], [[Moravia]], [[Silesia]], and previously the [[Hussite movement]] against several practices and doctrines of the [[Catholic Church]]. Its name is derived from exiles who fled from Moravia to [[Saxony]] in 1722 to escape the [[Counter-Reformation]], establishing the Christian community of [[Herrnhut]]. Hence, it is also known in [[German language|German]] as the {{Sic|{{lang|de|[Herrnhuter] Brüdergemeine}}|nolink=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Herzlich willkommen |trans-title=Warm welcome |url=http://www.ebu.de/startseite/ |access-date=12 March 2017 |website=Ebu.de |publisher=Evangelische Brüder-Unität - Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine |language=de |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411194015/https://www.ebu.de/startseite/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ("Unity of Brethren [of Herrnhut]").<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moravian church {{!}} Protestant denomination |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Moravian-church |access-date=2021-09-15 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>
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