Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America

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About This Book

This study surveys the historical development, organization, and practical work of the female diaconate, beginning with early-church evidence and medieval sisterhoods, tracing decline and a nineteenth-century revival centered at Kaiserswerth. It outlines Kaiserswerth’s regulations, training schools, and everyday duties, and compares institutions across Germany, France, England, and Scotland while describing efforts to adapt the system in the United States. Attention is given to practical fields such as hospitals, schools, prisons, and home missions; the volume also addresses common objections, proposes regulations, and offers guidance on training, oversight, and the relation of such orders to parish work.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious spelling/typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Transcriber’s notes in text—mostly detailing corrections—are indicated by faint dotted underlining. Scroll the mouse over the word and the note will appear.

The original book was published by HUNT & EATON at New York, and by CRANSTON & STOWE at Cincinnati. The copyright date was 1889.

Occasional discrepancies between index and text (for example, “Harter” in the index but “Härter” in the text) have been corrected to match the text.

Some inconsistent mid-line hyphenations have been retained:

“bedside” and “bed-side” occur once each
“housework” and “house-work” occur once each
“workhouse[s]” occurs twice and “work-house” occurs three times