Spirit Christianity
The spirit Christians are Christian spiritualists . The Spiritual Christian doctrine is that of holy spirits ( angels ), who help people to live again in harmony with God and his creation . It refers to the promise of Jesus ( John 16 : 12-13 EU ) shortly before his death that he would give people the spirit of truth or the holy spirits as the herald of truth. Johannes Greber is seen as a pioneer of Spiritual Christianity in the 20th century , through whose work The Intercourse with the Spiritual World (God) this Christian-spiritualistic path of faith spread.
The services take place in private house communities . These churches and communities are anti-Trinitarian , non-denominational and charismatic .
worldview
The material world , which we humans can perceive with our senses , is far from the entire creation. In addition to this material world, there is also a spiritual world which far surpasses the creation we know in terms of diversity, size and beauty. This spiritual world is our real home , and the goal of all material life would now be to return there.
The reason and cause of human life on earth is the immeasurably many years ago falling away from God .
But only since Christ's act of redemption , which Christians especially remember every year at Easter , would it be possible to return to our homeland, the kingdom of God .
There are different ways to get in contact with the spiritual world. One could get in touch with the angels, that is, the spirit world of God, precisely that "spirit of truth" that Christ would have promised to send to his followers ( John 16 : 12-13 EU ), but also with the demons , that is Followers of Satan . Both possibilities would be based on the same, eternally valid, divine laws.
But even without conscious contact with the spiritual world, God guides everyone in a variety of ways.
History, organizational structure and distribution
Johannes Greber
Johannes Greber (born May 2, 1874 in Lessath near Bernkastel , † March 31, 1944 in New York ) is seen as a pioneer of the Spiritual Christian Path of Faith . The former Roman Catholic priest was asked in 1923 to review the spiritistic processes of a small group that met regularly to hold a service. The number of these spiritistic circles grew steadily.
When the Catholic priest attended the meeting, it is said to have started with a devout prayer . Shortly afterwards, a simple 16-year-old boy would suddenly have fallen forward with a jerk and a loud exhalation, until after a few seconds he was raised again as if by an invisible hand. Then suddenly a different personality spoke through this young person. After a short "Grüß Gott" Greber's questions were answered and a passage in the Bible allegedly corrected at his request. When the pastor asked who was speaking through the boy, according to tradition, the answer came: “I swear to God that I am a good spirit of God, and one of the highest. Keep my name for you! ”Then he said his name and said:“ It is I who brought you here. I want to teach you on behalf of God, and you in turn teach your fellow men. "
As a result, Johannes Greber wants to talk about God , the creation , the redemptive work of Christ, the formation of the media and the like from the “high angel” . v. m have been taught. In 1932 Greber wrote the book The Intercourse with the Spiritual World (God), Its Laws and Its Purpose . This forms the foundation of faith for Spiritual Christianity. In 1936 there was a new translation of the New Testament.
Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation, German Greber Headquarters
Greber founded the Church of Believers in God spiritualistic community in New York . Greber's works were made available to the public in the US and Europe through the Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation, which has now been established . Essentially, Greber's widow Elisabeth (October 21, 1897 - April 11, 1963) and Fred Haffner (December 13, 1904 - July 20, 1996) took care of that. When an edition was out of print, a new one was ordered. The last edition appeared in 1991.
In 1963 the German Greber Headquarters was founded in Berlin , which published writings and promoted the establishment of prayer groups.
Around 1985 a Ms. LaFollette Becker (born July 4, 1924) appeared at the Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation. She took care of all administrative matters and acted as a medium . When she was elected as Secretary-Vice-President of the Foundation in 1987, she was the driving force the following year with expelling Greber's younger son, Joseph (Joe) Greber (born November 15, 1934), then President of the Church and Vice President of the Foundation has been.
In the early 1990s, Ms. Becker took over the presidency of this Johannes Greber Foundation from Fred Haffner. At that time, an Ina Troensegaard appeared at the Foundation. Although this person was an alcoholic , Ms. Becker claimed to have trained them as a medium. For Ms. Troensgegaard's mediality, the consumption of alcohol is necessary so that she can clean herself internally, she said to visitors to Germany. These media processes were viewed critically, because the comparatively serious spiritualism that Pastor Greber described was completely absent here. The parapsychologist Werner Schiebeler said: “This confirms that the lower spirit world always finds its victims when people become gullible and careless. What may still be called the Johannes Greber Foundation today, probably only consists of Ms. Becker and Ina Troensegaard, and has nothing to do with Pastor Greber's legacy. His work should be destroyed. "
Around 1992 both had the entire supply of Greber books (The Intercourse with the Spiritual World , The New Testament, The Writings of a Farm Boy) destroyed. An American second-hand bookshop spoke of 37,000 destroyed copies.
Spiritual Lodge Zurich (GLZ)
The Geistige Loge Zürich (GLZ) was founded in 1948 around the deep-trance medium Beatrice Brunner (1910–1983) and is one of the most important Christian-spiritualistic communities in the German-speaking area. According to our own presentation, they are based on around 2500 lectures, which were given by two otherworldly teachers through Beatrice Brunner over 35 years, from 1948 to 1983, and which provide comprehensive instruction in the teaching of Christ, about God's creation and the origin, Giving meaning and purpose to life. Since 2001, the lectures received on video or audio tape have been reproduced as a worship service in a hall (500 seats) in the community's own center in Zurich and in several circles of friends in Germany and Austria (70–80 events per year). In addition, a seminar week with more than 300 participants takes place once a year. The lectures have been published in the journal "Geistige Welt" since 1948 - this journal is currently published every two months, as is its English counterpart "The Spiritual World". All lectures are also published chronologically in book form.
Interest group for the preservation of the intellectual lodge (IGL) and Pro Beatrice
Beatrice Brunner died in 1983. There were then several judicial disputes in the community. A group of members, the Interest Group for the Preservation of the Spiritual Lodge (IGL) , denied Ms. Beatrice Brunner the copyright to the media lectures and accused several board members of fraud and embezzlement with regard to the money donated for the building of the hall. The accusations were refuted in court, the criminal proceedings were either discontinued (1985) or resulted in a full acquittal (1988). With regard to copyright, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court finally ruled in 1990 that Beatrice Brunner owned the unrestricted copyright to the media lectures she spoke.
In 1983 the Pro Beatrice (PB) association was founded to defend against the attacks , and until Whitsun 2016 it represented the community in close cooperation with the GLZ and also carried out joint events and publications.
GL Zurich and GCG
At Pentecost 2016, the associations Geistige Lodge Zürich and Pro Beatrice decided that the association Pro Beatrice would merge into the Verein Geistige Lodge Zürich. The new name of the association is GL Zurich . This brought the Pro Beatrice association back to its origins. A total of more than 3000 people are associated with the community as members, sponsors and regular readers. Aid work is also very important, around half a million SFR are said to have been donated to aid projects all over the world.
As part of the community of interests for the preservation of the Spiritual Lodge (IGL) , the Spiritual Christian Community (GCG) was created, which also tries to preserve and pass on the tradition. However, it does not have the copyright to the media transmissions and can therefore only publish interpretive writings. However, it organizes events in which the spiritual teaching is the focus.
Early Christian Church
The teacher Franz Kraus (March 28, 1914 - June 7, 1994) from Fischbach near Kaiserslautern spread the Spiritual Christian doctrine in Germany from the beginning of the 1960s. Through his initiative, the early Christian Church was founded in 1976 . V. founded. It was his inner endeavor to bring spirit-filled Christianity closer to people with its original meaning and effect. In the period that followed, Franz Kraus' personal commitment resulted in 23 house churches in Germany.
The association still exists today. There is an active community in Saarbrücken that holds regular house devotions. Further activities of the early Christian church are not known.
Spiritual Christian Church
The currently only parish of the Spiritual Christian Church around the pastoral psychologist Gerhard Krause is in Kindenheim (Rhineland-Palatinate). The Spiritual Christian Church publishes the church journal “Der Geistchristliche Sendbote”. The nursing service "Die Schwestern", the Celsior book dispatch and the publishing house Leuchterhand are connected with the Spiritual Christian Church. The appearance of this registered association and its claim to sole representation are viewed very critically by other spirit Christians.
House groups
Most of the spiritual Christian congregations that exist today are not tied to formal club membership or membership fees. According to the Christian community in Büsdorf, there are 11 active house groups in German-speaking countries (as of May 13, 2015). This would give an estimated participation of 150 to 200 practicing Spirit Christians.
Apologists
A well-known board member of the Geistige Lodge Zurich was the Iranist Walther Hinz , who wrote several spiritual-religious writings.
Werner Schiebeler (born March 17, 1923 in Bremen; † January 12, 2006), who is considered to be a leader in parapsychology , was very close to Spiritual Christianity. He wrote many books and pamphlets, the study of which included the spiritual doctrine of the spirit Christians. Schiebeler himself was active in a media group for the deceased (especially for “poor souls”) and valued Greber's book “The Intercourse with God's Spiritual World” as a frequent quotation and reference point for his literary works.
Theology and teaching
Doctrine of God
God the father be a spirit and only he is God. As an independent, thinking and willing being, he has a personality and a shape so that he can be seen by the spirits. All other spirits are creatures of God. God would be the cause of everything created.
The basic traits of God would be represented in love, perfection, omnipotence, justice and order.
Christology and God's Creation
Christ is not God, but the first creation of God and the highest spirit that God could create in his omnipotence. In everything he would be God's image insofar as a created spirit could possess the perfection of the Creator.
The rest of the spirit world would not be a direct creation of God, but would have come into life from the first created Son on the path of progressive spiritual generation. The church is the community of godly spirits under the kingship of Christ. The word church means the rule of the Lord. Whoever submits to this rule and thereby to God belongs to the Church.
Fall of Man
The highest created spirit after Christ is Lucifer . He had led a rebellion against the kingship of Christ - gathering fellow travelers around him, because he wanted to rule himself. First of all, God left it to every creature to decide for Christ or Lucifer according to their free will.
After that, the command of God went to Prince Michael to overthrow the rebels of heaven. Since then, Lucifer and his entourage have found themselves in the deepest spheres of creation, where darkness and terror reign.
Out of the goodness and righteousness of God, the fellow travelers are allowed to take another test. This test would have taken place in the " paradise " sphere (the paradise of the Bible) and would have consisted in the fact that God forbade them to do something that they could not understand. The Bible represents this prohibition under the image of a forbidden fruit.
Both the godly hosts of heaven and the dark powers of the deep would have endeavored to gain followers. The alleged former ghost prince Adam had a role model function in paradise . Evil would have used Adam's companion, Eve, who fell victim to the temptations of evil and also brought Adam to apostasy by breaking God's prohibition. The other followers followed this transfer. As a result of this second fall, the followers would now be the property of evil and would be almost on the same level with Lucifer. It would have been a terrible consequence of God's righteousness that Lucifer should keep as his property those who have converted to him. There would be no escape for them.
Eschatology (redemption work of Christ)
God established a plan of salvation to bring home the children who had separated from him, and created degrees of improvement for this purpose.
The lowest level is hell , which itself contains several levels of improvement. After the improvement of the disposition it would be possible for the fallen spirit to work its way up to the earthly levels. They begin with the level of the lowest animals and find their further development in the levels of stones, plants, herbs, flowers, the higher animals and reach their conclusion in the level of man. But after the Incarnation it would not be possible for the fallen spirit to work its way up further, because it is still bound by the rulership rights of Lucifer, and Lucifer does not release anyone who belongs to him. Lucifer must be forced to renounce this. Only a spirit that would enter the domain of the Prince of Darkness and thus take on all the tribulations of his tyranny would have the right to take up the fight against him.
For the purpose of this work of redemption, Christ would have accepted this challenge. This is how this person would have become and would have started very early to enlighten his fellow human beings about true love for God and one's neighbor. The incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ, would have been tempted by evil , but would have remained faithful to his God.
But then dark spirits managed to incite people against the peaceful Son of God by shouting an injustice judgment, because of which Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. Jesus Christ died of the wounds inflicted on him on the cross, but before that he had forgiven all who sinned against him. Thus he would remain unbroken in his love for neighbor and loyalty to the Lord God.
So he would have remained victor, and as such he would have earned the right to fight against Lucifer and his vassals in the deepest spheres of creation. With the support of the heavenly hosts and with the well-willed defectors of Lucifer's vassals, Christ fought against the dark legions and defeated Lucifer in a direct duel. After this victory of Jesus Christ, it would have been sealed by a treaty that Lucifer's rulership rights would be limited to those who belong to him according to their convictions . But those who want to return to God from his kingdom are free. As the loser, Lucifer should have consented.
The gap that yawned between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of God was bridged. Christ symbolically built a "bridge of redemption" which leads back to the heavens.
Each fallen creature would now have control over how long this journey home would take. The indicator is always the improvement of the attitude to come closer to God. Some would need a single life, others hundreds of lives, others would need thousands of years away from God to return one day to their "original home", the heavens . There would be no eternal hell. Without exception, every fallen spirit would one day take its place in heaven again, including Lucifer.
Pneumatology and Truth-Finding through God-Willed Spiritualism
A characteristic of Spiritual Christianity is the divinely willed spiritualism practiced by Spirit Christians. This is the “questioning of God” which is often used in the Old Testament among the people of Israel. It is assumed that people are dependent on the explanations of the holy spirits as spirits of truth in order to understand Christian doctrine, and in doing so they refer to the promise of Jesus that he would give people the spirit of truth or the holy spirits as herald the truth (cf. Joh. 14,16-17,26; 15,26; 16,7,13).
What the official churches and free churches call the “ Holy Spirit ”, the Spiritual Christian doctrine understands as a collective term for “holy spirits”, independent, personal beings from the hereafter that could communicate to people through a human medium.
The "questioning of God" is opposed to the strictly forbidden intercourse with the lower spirit world in the Bible, the "questioning of the dead" or "necromancy". In this context, the “dead” should be understood as the fallen, that is, the spirits separated from God.
Because people are surrounded by both good and lower spirits, the reliable examination of the spirits is extremely important ( 1. John 4.1 EU ).
Presentation of one's own story
Early Christianity
The spiritual Christian movement that emerged in the 20th century sees itself as a continuation and revival of a spiritualism supposedly already existing in early Christianity. Representatives of spiritual Christianity are convinced that a practical spiritualism - medial contact with spiritual beings - already took place in early Christianity . The promise of Jesus Christ is fulfilled in it. “And I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper who will stay with you forever. It is the spirit of truth that the world cannot receive because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know him because he remains with you and will be in you ” ( John 14 : 16-17 EU ).
This is an important legacy that Jesus left the people. Since the Pentecost event , when the "spiritual world" was sent out, it has stood by people and leads them into truth, provided they are willing to accept it. The entire early Christian Church was filled with this work of the spirits of truth. They selected the heads of the Christian communities, people with talent in the media, through whom they advised and guided and explained the word of God to the believers. A well-known work of this time is the book " The Shepherd of Hermas ." This spiritualistic book enjoyed such great prestige in the post-apostolic period that it was occasionally attached to the Holy Scriptures.
Exclusion of the spirit world
But from the third century onwards, the heads of the Christian communities were no longer ready to listen to the advice of the holy spirits. They no longer liked that invisible beings choose certain people to speak to people through them. The heads of the congregations had taken the view that they themselves could decide and determine what was to be proclaimed in this world.
At least since the 4th century, when Christian doctrine became the state religion under the Roman emperor Constantine , the spirits of truth sent by God were no longer desired. They were denied their word at that time. For centuries, all media contact with spirits was made bad and they were presented as diabolical forces without distinguishing whether they were divine or lower beings ( witch persecution ). And with the vague, abstract term “Holy Spirit” in the context of the Trinity, they have been sidelined.
Support of the spirits despite handicaps
After the holy spirits were expelled from the churches, they are now severely hindered in their work and can only perform their important task as proclaimers of the truth in small groups. At all times there have been people who have had a medial connection to the world of God and have received information from it that often deviated significantly from what the churches taught and teach. Some well-known examples are allegedly Hildegard von Bingen , Franz v. Assisi or Anna-Katharina Emmerich . After all, Johannes Greber was taught by a "high angel" in the 20th century and thus found a better understanding of faith.
reincarnation
According to spiritual Christian doctrine, reincarnation is said to have been a foundation of Christian doctrine until it was condemned in 553 at the Second Council of Constantinople .
Spirit Christians believe that evidence of the doctrine of reincarnation can be found in the Bible. They point out that John the Baptist was the returned prophet Elijah. So in the prophecy of Malachi, who lived four centuries after Elijah: “ Before the day of the Lord comes, the great and dreadful day, see that I am sending to you the prophet Elijah. “(Malachi 3:23) The Gospel of Matthew refers to this prophecy in three places, the other Gospels in seven places. As can be seen from the disciples' remarks, there was speculation among the Jews about the return of Elijah and other Hebrew prophets. Spirit Christians deduce from this that the people during Jesus' lifetime believed in being born again.
The life task of every fallen creature is to rediscover the love in himself and to express it in all thoughts, words and deeds. Through character refinement, the fallen spirit would become more pleasing to God and thus work its way up through the stages of improvement. This gradual development presupposes numerous reincarnations. From the hellish spheres the spirit has to work its way up to the level of the lower animals, the levels of stones, plants and higher animals and would find its conclusion in man. There would be no sinking back of a spirit from a higher level of improvement to a lower one.
Most human spirits would have to return to earth repeatedly if the end of their life in this world was always unfavorable, if their pursuits were only geared towards the earthly and they fail to contravene the laws and commandments of God. The time that the spirits would have to spend in the hereafter is also based on what the individual would have to compensate for as a consequence for his behavior in the last earthly life. God be just and everyone reaps what he sow ( Galatians 6,7 EU ).
Forgiveness of sins
Only God can forgive sins. Nobody is able to give absolution. Even Jesus could only have done it in those cases where he was instructed to do so by a holy spirit. Only those who sincerely repent of their sins and turn to God would God be forgiven.
baptism
In Spiritual Christianity, adult baptism is practiced, mostly in public waters. The necessity of baptism is not based on a fixed dogmatics , but on the free will of the person to be baptized to orient his life in the New Covenant towards Christian teaching.
It is the outward sign of the acknowledgment of the teaching and the will to improve life. Christ was baptized by John for the same reason . Any baptized spirit Christian can baptize other spirit Christians. Through baptism in the waves of power of a holy spirit, the assistance of a baptismal spirit can be hoped for. The baptismal spirit is a godly spirit being, which from then on accompanies the baptized person to lead his life according to the will of God.
practice
church service
Services usually take place in private house groups. In addition to spiritualism (God-willed intercourse with the spiritual world), they are shaped by prayer, singing (praise) and reading the Bible with subsequent discussion. In many congregations, sibling service (teaching the so-called “poor souls”) plays a central role.
Spiritual Christian worship is not subject to any fixed liturgy . Each house group determines its own schedule, which can also vary. These congregations and communities are non-denominational groups, so that this path of faith is open to all serious seekers.
At Pro Beatrice there is no ghost traffic . In their church services, only lectures by the deep trance medium Beatrice Brunner are shown in a hall with 500 available seats.
Sibling service
Spirit Christians assume that spiritual beings from the other world who need pastoral care are also brought to their worship services. This service of love is called “sibling service”, “service to the suffering” or also “teaching the poor souls”. The “poor soul service” is practiced by preaching the good news and praying for these spirits. Seriously suffering or earthbound spirits would often report through a medium. Devotional participants then attempt to share God's plan of salvation with those who suffer and encourage them to pray and repent.
Ghost traffic and ghost testing
When the sibling service is over, the participants shake hands with the right hand of one of them reaching over the left of the neighbor. This is called creating a “chain” or “hand chain”. This would be an important precondition for the ghost intercourse, since it unites the od power of the participants. Just as those present are externally connected to a unity by shaking their hands, they should also be one heart and one soul with one another. During this chain of hands everyone should try to stay collected, to ward off worldly thoughts and to think of the good.
The medial messages could be made in different ways. The most common ones would be announced through written and spoken media.
- Writing medium: Writing can be done in an inspirational way by giving the medium the thoughts and the medium itself moving its hand. Another possibility is if the hand of the medium is used by a spirit being and the medium does not know what is being written. This happens in a half or full trance of the medium.
- Speech medium: The tool of the spirit world utters the words it has inspired. In half or full trance the expressing spirit can use the speaking organs of the medium. As soon as full trance occurs, the medium would know nothing of what the alien spirit being is speaking or doing. Full trance media would be the most valuable for truthful announcements.
That the conveyed messages have to be checked corresponds to the early Christian teaching ( 1 Corinthians 12: 1-3 EU ). Spirit Christianity expressly warns against unchecked intercourse with spirits.
Love feast
The Lord's Supper or Love Supper is usually held on religious holidays such as Easter , Pentecost and the like. Celebrating Christmas . Spirit Christians celebrate the Love Supper in memory of the act of redemption accomplished through Jesus Christ and his associated death on the cross.
As a symbol of communion with Christ, bread and wine are consumed by all believers. In some cases, grape juice is used instead of wine. Just as Jesus broke the slice of bread into pieces, so his earthly body was broken in death and separated from life. Just as the wine flowed out of the chalice when it was enjoyed, so too did his blood flow out of his body on the day of Christ's death.
Spiritual Christian Easter meeting
Once a year on Good Friday there is a spiritual Christian Easter meeting. This is a supraregional event that is open to anyone interested. Friends of the spiritual doctrine celebrate joint church services here and cultivate exchange among the congregations. This is organized by the Christian community Büsdorf.
Religious officers
According to the spirit Christians, there was no priestly ordination in early Christianity. There would have been so-called presbyters (elders). These inwardly mature ones were chosen by the spirit world. Each congregation had its own presbyter. "Episkopoi" (supervisors) selected by the spirit world had maintained contact with the presbyters of several congregations, discussed with them the field of Christian help and ensured the distribution of aid among the congregations.
Position on other religious communities
Spiritual Christianity evaluates a doctrine less according to its concrete content than according to the measure of love that this doctrine is able to arouse. Spirit Christians understand spiritualism as a way back to God, but by no means as the only one. God's possibilities to lead back his children are manifold. Christ's work in the world is shown in love. Wherever the worship of God and love is practiced, Christ is followed. This happens regardless of earthly religious affiliation.
Criticism from the churches
The ecumenical advisory center for special religious groups and sects classifies the Spirit Christians in the category of “ New Revelation Associations”. The churches' criticism is directed, on the one hand, to the various special doctrines and, on the other hand, to the claim of the respective special group to be the sole saving community.
literature
- Johannes Greber: The intercourse with the spirit world of God, its laws and its purpose - personal experiences of a Catholic clergyman. Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation, Teanneck NJ 1987, PDF, 1.2 MB
- Johannes Greber: The New Testament . Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation, Teanneck NJ 1987, PDF, 1.4 MB
- Werner Schiebeler: Johannes Greber. His life and his work . Martin Weber, Schutterwald 1998.
- Kurt Hutten : seers - brooders - enthusiasts, the book of traditional sects and special religious movements . Editorial work by the Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauungsfragen of the EKD, 15th edition, Quell, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-7918-2130-X , pp. 743–760.
- Article Pro Beatrice (Spiritual Lodge Zurich) and Spiritual Christian Community / Spiritual Lodge Interest Group . In: Georg Schmid, Georg Otto Schmid: Churches, Sects, Religions , 7th edition, TVZ, Zurich 2003, pp. 225–226.
- Nicoletta Bohn: Spiritual Christian community . In: Small lexicon of the "sects", psycho-groups and structural sales .
- Helmut Obst : The idea of reincarnation in Christian special communities of the modern age. In: Reformation and Modern Times: 300 Years of Theology in Halle . de Gruyter, 1994.
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ^ Gisela Charlotte: Pastor Greber's soul path . Spirit Rainbow Publishing House. First edition 2005 pp. 91–95
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- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Johannes Greber: The intercourse with the spirit world of God, its laws and its purpose - personal experiences of a Catholic clergyman . Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation, Teanneck NJ Copyright 1987 pp.37,42,109,194,199
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Johannes Greber: The intercourse with the spirit world of God, its laws and its purpose - personal experiences of a Catholic clergyman . Johannes Greber Memorial Foundation, Teanneck NJ Copyright 1987 pp. 177, 181, 186, 290
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