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
Meanwhile the Protestant evangelical societies have not been asleep.
The Gustavus-Adolphus Society (a Society founded for the support of
poor Protestant congregations in Catholic countries, and one of the
best proofs of the reviving spirit in the German Church,) have expressed
their opinion that by the constitution of the Society, they are
precluded from assisting the new movement by specific grants of money,
but at the same time stating their desire to urge on the spirit that was
abroad by all means in their power. Collections accordingly have been
made in the various large towns, to defray the necessary expenses
incurred by the support of clergy, the performance of public worship
and the like. Places of meeting have been granted in most cases by the
authorities of the town. So far as we are aware, only one member of the
new community has openly gone over to the Protestant Lutheran Church.
In Breslau the long-vacant and much-disputed episcopal chair still
remains unoccupied,--von Diepenbrock having expressly refused the offer,
on the alleged ground of the unsettled state of the Church. During the
late sittings of the Diet at Breslau, the excitement was altogether of
a religious and not of a political kind. Ronge and the anti-Popish
movement were the great subjects of conversation. "The Separation," says
an account, "is widening daily, and quarters are now full of agitation
which before were peaceful as the grave. Our ears are once more deafened
by the No Popery cry. The congregation here now numbers above
600 families." Ronge is busily occupied with the affairs of the
Church--delivering the most stirring addresses--and everywhere receiving
fresh proofs of sympathy and support.
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