"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light". Bernard Fresenborg
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Bernard Fresenborg
"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664585035
Table of Contents
Who I Am, What I Am, and Why I Am What I Am.
Some of the Abominations of Catholicism Carried On in the Name of Blessed Saviour.
All Children of Protestant Parents Are Declared Bastards by Catholicism.
Tear from the Citadel of Reason, the Power to Reason, and You Make Slaves of Humanity.
Innocent Girlhood at the Confessional Box.
The Nations Completely Dominated by the Power of the Pope Are Nations of Illegitimacy.
The Power of the Pope in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands.
Monasteries Are Often the Abode of Criminals, and Nunneries the Slaughter Pens of Virtue.
Un-Married Cussedness of the Roman Priest-Craft.
The Characters of the Followers of Catholicism Compared to the Followers of Protestantism.
Why Teachers in Our Public Schools Should Not Be Selected from the Ranks of Catholicism.
The Influence of the Priesthood of America Upon the Morals of This Country.
The Chastity of the Home Invaded by the Lustfulness of the Priest-Craft.
Nations Which Have Been Disgraced by the Toleration of Popish Rule.
Nearing the Trenches of Physical Strength.
Chapter I.
Who I Am, What I Am, and Why I Am What I Am.
My parents were Catholics, and for this reason I suppose, is why I became a Catholic Priest.
I was born in Germany, in 1847, thus you see I am now almost what the world would call an old man—56 years old.
A few years ago, I was of the opinion that my life had been well spent, but to-day I firmly believe that the major part of my life has been spent in erroneous doctrines and nonsensical teachings, as the broad light of wisdom and independent thought has penetrated the dark resources of my bewildered conception of right, and has caused me to look upon things in general in an intelligent manner. Therefore, I feel that my youth and the vigorous years of my manhood have been spent in what one might term idolatry.
From this time forward I am going to endeavor to undo, as near as possible, what I have helped to accomplish in the past.
In the first place, I desire to give the reader an idea of who I am, as the reader is entitled to this knowledge, and in the second place I want the reader to understand what I am, and in the third place to understand why I am what I am, as there must be a reason for all things.
My ancestors came from Sweden, but becoming tired of religions warfare under Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, they settled in a Catholic colony in Germany, in the southern part of the Dukedom of Oldenburg, near the River Haase.
The reader, if he be a Protestant, is familiar with Protestant affiliations, and I am led to believe belongs to one of the many Protestant denominations, known under the head of Methodist, Baptist, Christian, United Brethren, Presbyterian, Free Baptist, or some one of the many other Protestant Churches. Therefore you can easily see why it was that I became a Catholic, as I was taught it from my infancy.
My father,