Ronsdorf shepherd's bag

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The Ronsdorfer Hirtentasche (see Jalkut ) contains records of the spiritual inspirations and inspirations of the prophet Anna Catharina vom Büchel , the second wife of Elias Eller . Eller was the founder and leader of a radical pietist Christian sect of the Zionites and founder of the city ​​of Ronsdorf , today a district of Wuppertal . A list of the followers of the sect, who were referred to as the Sealed , is also part of the shepherd's bag.

background

Anna Catharina vom Büchel had raptures and visions since around 1722 , and from 1726 she regularly held pietistic edification hours in Elberfeld , which were initially tolerated by the Reformed Church. Von Büchel soon appeared regularly as a prophet in the Elberfeld partnership and was quickly able to gather a solid group of supporters. From 1726 at the latest, she prophesied, among other things, that she and Elias Eller would build up the new Zion and that she was called to beget a son with Elias Eller who would rule the world as the new Savior and Messiah (see also Rev 12,5  EU ).

Together with the preacher Daniel Schleyermacher , the exodus- like departure of the community from Elberfeld and the surrounding area to Ronsdorf took place in 1737 . After Eller's death in 1750 and the unsuccessful attempt by his stepson Bolckhaus and his daughter Sarah to continue the congregation, on May 31, 1768 the congregation was accepted back into the Reformed Church with the election of a new preacher . There are legends and legends about the shepherd's bag in Ronsdorf .

Finds

The shepherd's bag was thought to be lost; In 2005, however, fragments of the records were found.

On April 20, 2008 Pastor i. R. Günter Twardella a wooden box with a manuscript that is a copy of parts of the shepherd's bag. This manuscript, a 500-page book with the title: “A manuscript out of a manuscript which PP Wülffing sent to me personally by PD Schleyermacher,” was put in a spruce box (47 cm long, 32 cm wide and 26 cm high ) handed over to the archive of the Evangelical Reformed Congregation in Ronsdorf. The box came from the estate of the Rauner family in Ronsdorf.

Twardella looks in the box a kind of ark , in imitation of Old Testament traditions contained the writings of the circle to Eller. On an attached note, the urgent request is formulated to keep the content and existence of the book secret. According to Twardella, the book mainly contains religious sayings "in tiring monotony" as well as diary entries from the years 1735 (birth of son Benjamin Eller) to 1743 (death of mother Anna). Tradition suggests that at least a copy or continuation of the shepherd's bag exists.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A forgotten sensation from the history of the church in Ronsdorf WZ-newsline, March 3, 2009