Editing Hutterites (section)

{{short description|Ethno-religious group since the 16th century; a communal branch of Anabaptists}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Religious group
| group   = Hutterites
| image   = Hutterer-Frauen bei der Arbeit.jpg
| caption = Hutterite women at work
| poptime = {{increase}} 50,000+<br />(2020)
| regions = [[North America]] (notably [[South Dakota]], [[North Dakota]], [[Montana]], [[Manitoba]],  [[Alberta]], and [[Saskatchewan]])
| founder = [[Jakob Hutter]]
| rels    = [[Anabaptist]]
| scrips  = [[The Bible]]
| langs   = [[Hutterite German]], [[Standard German]], [[English language|English]]
}}
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'''Hutterites''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ʌ|t|ər|aɪ|t|s}}; {{langx|de|link=no|Hutterer}}), also called '''Hutterian Brethren''' (German: {{Lang|de|Hutterische Brüder}}), are a communal [[ethnoreligious group|ethnoreligious]] branch of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]], who, like the [[Amish]] and [[Mennonites]], trace their roots to the [[Radical Reformation]] of the early 16th century and have formed [[intentional communities]].<ref name=communal>{{cite book|last1=Shenker |first1=Barry |title=Intentional Communities (Routledge Revivals) : Ideology and Alienation in Communal Societies |date=31 March 2011 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203832639 |isbn=978-0-203-83263-9 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203832639/intentional-communities-routledge-revivals-barry-shenker |access-date=20 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The founder of the Hutterites, [[Jakob Hutter]], "established the Hutterite colonies on the basis of the [[Schleitheim Confession]], a classic Anabaptist statement of faith" of 1527. He formed the first communes in 1528 in Tyrole (present-day Italy).<ref name="Linder2008">{{cite book|last=Linder|first=Robert Dean|title=The Reformation Era|year=2008|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=9780313318436|page=147|quote=Hutter was important because he was a fearless, effective leader and because he established the Hutterite colonies on the basis of the Schleitheim Confession, a classic Anabaptist statement of faith.}}</ref><ref name="PDFC1990">{{cite book|title=Pennsylvania Folklife, Volumes 40–42|year=1990|publisher=Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center|page=138|quote=The essential beliefs and practices of the Hutterites are embodied in the Schleitheim Confession of Faith. Thus, in addition to a set of community rules for Christian living and the principle of worldly separation, the Hutterites, in accordance with the Schleitheim Articles, subscribe to the faith baptism of sin-conscious adults; the universal spiritual church of believers; the complete separation of church and state; pacifism and the refusal to bear arms; and the rejection of oaths of allegiance.}}</ref><ref name="McLarenCoward1999">{{cite book|last1=McLaren|first1=John|last2=Coward|first2=Harold|title=Religious Conscience, the State, and the Law: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Significance|year=1999|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791440025|page=98|quote=The Hutterites are an Anabaptist group founded in 1528 in Moravia.}}</ref> Since the death of Hutter in 1536, the beliefs of the Hutterites, especially those espousing a [[community of goods]] and [[nonresistance]], have resulted in hundreds of years of [[diaspora]] in many countries.<ref name="PDFC1990"/> The Hutterites embarked on a series of migrations through central and eastern Europe. Nearly extinct by the 18th century, they migrated to [[Russian Empire|Russia]] in 1770 and about a hundred years later to [[North America]]. Over the course of 140 years, their population living in [[community of goods|communities of goods]] recovered from about 400 to around 50,000 at present. Today, almost all Hutterites live in [[Western Canada]] and the upper [[Great Plains|Great Plains of the United States]].