Kor'hite (Exod. vi, 24; xxvi, 1; 1 Chron. xii, G; 2 Chron. xx, 19). See Kokaii.
Kormczai ICniga, the Russian "corpus juris ca- nonici," or canonical lair, is supposed to have become the possession of the llussians in the days of Vladimir the Great. The oldest Codex of the Kormczai Kniga dates from 1280, and was found in the cathedral at Nov- gorod ; its style of language has. led to the suppo- sition that it was translated by a southern Russian. The Greek original has never yet been found. The Co- dex was first printed Nov. 7, 1C50, at Moscow; in a somewhat modified form, it was printed by the Ras-Kol- niki (q. v.), a Russian sect at Warsaw, in 1786. Since that date several editions have been published.
The Codex, in its treatment of ecclesiastical law, is divided into seventy chapters, of which forty-one, mak- ing part i, contain the canons of the apostles, the coun- cils, and the canonical letters; the remaining chapters, making part ii, contain the laws of the Byzantine em- perors, and different treatises on ecclesiastical law. The work also contains historical contributions on the Greek and Russian Church, the Nomocunon of Photius, a notice of the name and edition of the work, the edict and gift of Constantino to Sylvester (q. v.), and a polemical trea- tise against the Latins. See Schlosser, Morgenl. oriho- doxe Kirche Russlands (Heidelb. 1845) ; Strahl, Beilrage z. rvssischen Kirclienr/esch. (Halle, lS-27), \^. 14; Asch- bach, Kirchen-Lexicon, iii, 918. Comp. Fjiotius ; Rus- sian CiiiRcii. (.J. H.W.)
Korner, Johann Gottfried, a German theologian, was bom at Weimar Nov. 16, 1726, entered Leipzig Uni- versity in 1743, and in 1749 became catechct at St. Pe- ter's Church in tliat city. In 17o2 he was made sub- dean at Thomas Church, in 1756 at St. Nicholas Church, and in 1775 became archdeacon. Some time after this he was appointed regular professor of theology and su- perintendent of the churches of Leipzig. He died Jan- uary 4, 1785. Kiirner wrote considerably, but his contri- butions to Church History are of especial value. His most important works are, Epitome controversiarum the- olofficurum (Lipsi«, 1769, 8vo) : — Vom Colibat der Geist- lichen (ibidem, 1784, 8vo") : — Erasmi sentenUa de si/mholo aposfolico ex Riijlno di'fensa (ibid, 1749, 4to). — Dtiring, Gelfihrte Theol. Deutschlands, ii, 157 sq.
Koinmann, Rupert, a Roman Catholic priest, was born at Ingolstadt in 1759 ; entered the cloister of Prif- ling in 1776 ; took the vow in 1777, and was made priest in 1780. lu order further to prosecute his theological
studies he went to the University of Salzburg, holding at the same time the chaplaincy at Nonnenberg. In 1790 he was made abbot of the cloister of Prifiing. He retired from this monastery after its secularization, and died Sept, 23, 1817. Among his many writings we have Die Sibylle der Zeit, aits der Vorzeit,oder politische Grund- sdtze durch die Geschichte hewdhrt, nehst einer Ahhand- lumiiih. die politische Divination (Frankf. and Leipz. 1810, 2 vols. 8vo) : — Sihjlle der Rdigion aits der Welt- und Men- schen-r/eschickte, nebst einer Abhctndlinig iiber die tjoldenen Zeitalter (Munich, 1813, 8vo) : — Nachtriifje zu den beiden Sibyllen (with a biography of the author, Eegensburg, 1818, 8vo). — WetzerundWelte,A'iVc/«e7i-Zea:jl-on,vol.vi, e. V.
Korntlial, Society of, a German religious com- munity, which bears its name from the place where it originated, Kornthal, in Wiirtemberg. Rationalistic in- fluences in the Wiirtemberg Church had T)ccasioned changes in the liturgy (1809) obnoxious to many who adhered more strictly to the old Lutheranism. The millenarian influence of .Tung Stilling and Michael Hahn incited among this class an inclination to migrate, espe- cially to Russia, where, near Tifiis, in 1816-17, several Wiirtemberg settlements were formed, while many hun- dred families were making ready to follow. The king sought means to restrain this movement, and in 1819 accepted the suggestions of Gottlieb Wilhclm Hoffmann, burgomaster of Leonburg. The latter, in consequence of deep religious impressions received in his youth, was in sympathy with the Pietists, and now proposed to re- tain for the state a valuable class of citizens by securing for them the establishment of a community similar to that authorized at Konigsbcrg under king Frederick, simply independent in its religious matters of the Lu- theran Consistor\-. The motive was Pietistic. and not schismatic. Hoffmann's scheme sought to reaUze the spirit of the apostolic age; required as condition of mem- bership "a regenerate state of lieart, manifested in a true life which springs from a sense of pardoned sin ;" and demanded careful education of children botli men- tal and industrial, as wtU as charitable and missionary work. The community, as established, arose from the combination of three distinct elements, viz., the Old- Church Pietism represented by Hoffmann, the ^Moravian ideas appearing in the constitution and Church service, and the partially miUenarian views of Hahn to which the majority adhered.
Micliael Hahn, known among the people as "Michel," was at this time sixty-two years old. His spirit was that of .Jacob Biihme. Converted at the age of twenty, he passed at that period, and subsequently, through an experience of religious ecstasy. Persecuted by his fam- ily and neighbors, he lived ascetically, was much in prayer, addressed religious assemblies, and soon won thousands of adherents, who sought him in Sindlingen, where he settled in 1794. His writings were dissemi- nated in manuscript, and in 1817 his followers numbered 18,000. Hahn's teaching, with its acknowledged de- fects, brought a spirit of practical activity to the aid of a too subjective Pietism. The Kornthal society was founded Jan. 12,1819, and Hahn was chosen its presi- dent, but he died on the 20th of the same month. See Hahn, JIichael.