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‍Early Background and Education

Comenius was born on March 28, 1592 in Moravia. His family belonged to the Unitas Fratrum (Unity of Brethren), which was a branch of the Czech Reformation movement begun in 1457.

Inspired by the ideas of Petr Chelčický (c.1380 – c.1460) and Jan Hus (c.1369 – 1415) they strove for radical piety and a return to a Christ-like simplicity of life.

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Due to their interaction with the Reformation ideas of the time, the community gradually developed into a Protestant denomination, standing theologically between Lutheranism and Calvinism.

Comenius’ life was marked by a series of particularly difficult afflictions, which significantly shaped both his theology and pedagogy.

At the age of twelve (in 1604), Comenius lost his parents and two sisters, probably from the plague, and had to live with one of his other sisters and her family. As a thirteen-year-old boy Comenius experienced the destructiveness of war – as a consequence of the religious confli