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Counter-reformator / Gegenrformer

So this is Pieter Kanijs or Peter de Hondt, a Jesuit preacher really strange to dedicate a church to in 20th century. He is credited with encouraging witch hunting back in fashion after 1560 as iif there still would be the dark ages, of course the church guide book does not mention it. I have to admit the marble work is very nice, even if that saint is someone I'd rather like to see treated with some open critique by a modern denomination. / So das hier ist Pieter Kanijs bzw. Peter de Hondt, ein Jesuitenprediger und eine wirklich merkwuerdige Wahl fuer ein Patrozinium im 20ten Jahrhundert. Es heisst es waren seine Predigten, die die Hexenverfolgung nach 1560 wieder aufflammen liessen, als sei das finstere Mittelalter nicht schon vorbei, natuerlich erwaehnt der Kirchenfuehrer diesen Umstand nicht. Ich muss zugeben die Bildhauerarbeit ist recht huebsch, auch wenn der Dargestellte jemand ist, bei dem ich mir von einer modernen Religion etwas mehr offene kritische Aufarbeitung erhoffen wuerde.



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