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Familists
An English term used to designate the Familia Charitatis, or "Family of Love," a mystical religious sect. The sect was fouded around 1540 by Hendrik Niclaes (or Nocolas), a wealthy Dutch merchant, probably at Emden.
sleeping together of men and women), Adamites, Bogomiles, followers of Amarlic of Bena, Brethren of the Free Spirit, Beghards, Fratricelli, Johann Hartmann ("a man free in spirit is impeccable"); the pantheistic "Libertines" and "Familists" and ...
Everard, like Fludd and the Familists, believed the Bible was to be interpreted allegorically and figuratively. 46 Now we should be careful not to read too much into the association of Fludd and Everard.
 See also: Christ, Spirit, Mystic, Initiate, Intelligence
  
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