Gottfried Melzer
Gottfried Anton Melzer (born February 22, 1932 in Innsbruck ; died September 29, 2013 in Bad Hall ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic chaplain . He was a supporter of Catholic traditionalism and was best known for his anti-Semitic activities against the will of his church.
Life
Melzer was born on February 2, 1932 in Innsbruck. He lived in Bad Hall and was ordained a priest in 1963 . He was the author of texts on the pilgrimage sites of Loreto and Mariazell and published a collection of predictions by the alleged prophet Egger Gilge from the 17th and 18th centuries ; see under Fonts . A few years after his ordination he was suspended by Bishop Reinhold Stecher for anti-Semitic activities .
After that he continued his anti-Jewish activities in private despite the ban by Pope John Paul II and local bishop Reinhold Stecher . Gottfried Melzer died on September 29, 2013 in his home town of Bad Hall. On October 12, 2013 he was buried in Innsbruck's Westfriedhof; the subsequent requiem was celebrated by the Catholic-traditionalist Society of St. Pius X , better known as the Society of St. Pius .
Anti-Semitic activity
Melzer became known for his anti-Jewish and anti-Judaist attitude. On the basis of a corresponding publication, he was finally convicted under Austrian law .
Anderl-von-Rinn cult
Gottfried Melzer was a supporter of the anti-Semitic cult around Anderl von Rinn , a child who, according to a refuted medieval ritual murder legend , was murdered by Jews traveling through . Melzer also remained proponents of pilgrimages to Rinn after it from Innsbruck diocesan bishop had been prohibited and founded on the occasion of the legend, former pilgrimage church of Judenstein in the Visitation was renamed. Melzer wrote several books on the Anderl legend and was the owner of the Anderl-Bote publishing house . There he appeared as an organizer of non-church events in Rinn , which he wrongly called "pilgrimages" and published unproven accusations against Judaism and Freemasonry , which he charged with a conspiracy against Christianity , citing the theologian and Engelwerk activist Robert Prantner .
Condemnation
On March 2, 1999, Kaplan Melzer was sentenced by the regional court in Steyr to a six-month suspended sentence for inciting hatred . The court saw it as proven that Melzer had made himself a criminal offense by publishing his pamphlet "Ritual murder and desecration of the host as works of hatred by the opposing church" in the magazine Loreto-Bote . Melzer had claimed in it that Adolf Hitler was "50% Jewish" and had carried out the extermination of the Jews on behalf of the "Jewish-controlled lodge " in order to enhance the reputation of Judaism.
Fonts (selection)
- Loreto. The first and most venerable Marian pilgrimage site. ISBN 9783908542582
- Novena to Our Lady of Loreto. Theresia Verlag Lauerz, ISBN 9783037495193
- The Matreier Prophet Egger Gilge: old prophecies from the 17th / 18th centuries Century. Theresia Verlag Lauerz 2001, ISBN 9783908542957
- We pray to the blessed Anderl. ISBN 3908542413
- The blessed child Andreas von Rinn, a true martyr of the Catholic Church. Publisher Anton Schmid, Durach . ISBN 3929170043
- Mariazell. The holy place of grace / the national shrine of Austria. ISBN 9783038060154
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bishop Manfred Scheuer : Obituary for Gottfried Melzer
- ↑ a b Obituary notice of Gottfried Anton Melzer, Kuratorium Bestattungen, 2013
- ↑ Martin Kranzl-Greinecker: A priest in court. KirchenZeitung, Diocese of Linz , from February 24, 1999
- ^ A b Peter Stiegnitz : Judaism and Freemasonry. haGalil from September 24, 2015
- ↑ Sunday the "Anderlverehrer". ( Memento from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance , July 1998
- ↑ Sabine Wallinger: Cult about "Anderl von Rinn": Those who are told dead live longer. In: Der Standard from December 2, 2014
- ^ Information on the Anderl-Bote publishing house ( memento of March 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at Buch-Info
- ↑ Heiner Boberski : The angel work. Theory and Practice of Opus Angelorum. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 1993, ISBN 3-7013-0854-3 , p. 251
- ↑ a b Bundestag (Austria) : Inquiry by MPs Öllinger, Freundinnen und Freunde, Az. 6474 / J XX.GP
- ↑ Melzer condemned. Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance , March 1999
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Melzer, Gottfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Melzer, Gottfried Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Roman Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th September 2013 |
| Place of death | Bad Hall |