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
In this letter, as in the former, it is easy to trace the same spirit
which so evidently characterizes the author as an honest and fearless
assertor of what he believes to be the truth. The event soon shewed
that he had not to fight single-handed. Previously, he had received
assurances of the sympathies of thousands; and now, when the period for
action came, there were not wanting many to cast in their lot with him,
as fellow-workers in overturning the great system of idolatrous worship.
When first suspended, his whole flock petitioned that his services might
still be continued to them--the best practical reply to the charges
advanced against him. Several secessions speedily took place;
congregations were formed at _Schneidemühl_, under pastor _Czerski_,
and at Breslau, where Ronge now is occupied with the constitution and
settlement of the new community. In most cases, the ultra-Catholic party
have done what they could to create disturbance in the meetings, and
generally to obstruct the progress of business; but such attempts have
proved ineffectual. Of course, much in the constitution of the Church
must for a long time remain incomplete, but great unity, as well as
zeal, has hitherto characterized their proceedings.
The principal places where congregations are being formed are Breslau,
Schneidemühl, Leipsic, Dresden, Berlin, Magdeburg, Halberstadt,
Offenbach, Brunswick, Coblentz, Worms, and even Cologne, where priestly
influence is at its _maximum_. Other places it would be useless to name;
in fact, accounts have been received from a vast number of quarters; but
definite and final steps have not yet been taken, and, on all hands, it
is found to be the ease, that great numbers, including clergy as well as
laity, desire the formal recognition of the Church by the State, before
they openly avow their separation from the Roman See. The documents
connected with the origin, constitution, and principles of the Church
have now been laid before the Prussian Government; but, while we write,
no final answer has been returned.
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