Agapemone, or "The A" was a Christian religious group and community founded in 1846 by Reverend Henry Prince in Spaxton, Somerset, England. He had been fired earlier in his career for his 'radical teachings'. The Agapemonies predicated the imminent return of Jesus Christ. Prince's successor, John Hugh Smyth-Pigott, declared himself Jesus Christ reincarnate. The Agapemone (German for Abode of Love) community consisted mostly of wealthy, unmarried women. Both Prince and Smyth-Pigott took many spir… (More on Agapemone)