Bishop of the Unity of the Brethren · educator · Moravian

John Amos Comenius

Born: 1592
Died: 1670

Czech bishop of the Unity of the Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), exiled from Bohemia in 1628, remembered as a pioneer of universal education; his allegory The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (1631) is a classic of Czech literature.

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The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

Comenius's allegory of a pilgrim who searches every estate and calling of the world, finds only vanity and confusion, and then turns inward to find peace in Christ in the paradise of the heart. Lützow's English translation with his introduction.

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