John Ronge; The Holy Coat of Treves; New German-Catholic ChurchAnonymous
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John Ronge; The Holy Coat of Treves; New German-Catholic Church
Anonymous
Dom (Trier, Germany); German Catholicism; Holy Coat
* Mr. Witke, the former superior of the Seminary, named Ebel
(the brother-in-law of a canon, and a converted proselyte,)
as my calumniator, and I can prove him to have been so. Such
persons, who can consciously assume religion as a cloak for
their false-heartedness, should be denounced by name to all
the world. Our Saviour tells us that hypocrisy is the most
heinous crime, and that murderers and adulterers may be
saved, but not hypocrites!
From Grottkau I travelled to Valtorf, near Neisse, where my friend the
Count von Reichenbach offered me the shelter of his roof. Although I
had relinquished certain competence, which the office of a Catholic
clergyman secures, and knew not how long I might be a wanderer, yet the
feeling that at length I had escaped from the cursed and ignominious
yoke of Rome, under which I had groaned for three years, was
indescribably delightful, and confiding in my righteous cause, and in
my youthful strength, it seemed as if I had but just emerged from some
dark, dismal prison, into the lovely light of heaven. New energy glowed
in my veins; a new and beauteous world bloomed before me, in which I was
to labour and to live as the free teacher, and the pastor of my own, the
German people!
MY SISTERS.
My joy was damped, however, and turned to sadness, when I thought upon
the annoyances which my family, especially my four sisters, (our parents
were dead) endured, owing to the numerous and often ill-natured reports
that were spread regarding me. Homely country people, reared in the
Catholic religion, young and inexperienced, they did not think the
motives were sufficient, which led me to throw up my office. Although
they placed unbounded confidence in me, it was doubtless somewhat
shaken, when they found themselves disappointed in the prospect they
had very properly indulged of future aid from me. They endeavoured, time
after time, to prevail on me to resume my office, in consideration
of the calumnies they had to bear. This has caused me hours of bitter
sorrow.
THE ANSWER OF THE COUNCIL.
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