Project Gutenberg 2006-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 92 Fresenborg, Bernard 1847 "Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light" Reading ease score: 51.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Thirty Years in Hell" or "From Darkness to Light" by Bernard Fresenborg is a candid account written in the early 20th century. This memoir reflects the author's conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism after a long and disillusioning career as a Catholic priest. Fresenborg offers a searing critique of the Catholic Church, alleging a history of hypocrisy, immorality, and abuse within its ranks, and seeks to expose what he sees as the detrimental effects of Catholic teachings on both personal and societal levels. At the start of the memoir, Fresenborg introduces himself and outlines his life history, explaining how he became a Catholic priest due to his upbringing. He details his experiences within the Catholic Church, revealing the profound doubts and moral conflicts he faced, particularly regarding the behavior of church leaders. He shares shocking anecdotes from his time as a priest, including tales of scandal and depravity that ultimately led to his rejection of Catholicism in favor of Protestant beliefs. The opening thus sets the stage for a broader exploration of what the author perceives as the ills of the Catholic Church, presenting his journey toward spiritual liberation and intellectual freedom. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Catholic Church -- Controversial literature Catholic ex-priests Anti-Catholicism BX Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 385151 385142 2024-10-08T06:02:39.239756 2023-09-08T08:05:05.554638 text/html text/html 386908 2006-03-23T15:09:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4901740 2006-03-23T15:09:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5755991 2024-10-08T06:02:50.797671 application/epub+zip 5750357 2024-10-08T06:02:43.623746 application/epub+zip 213862 2024-10-08T06:02:41.899746 application/epub+zip 5978811 2024-10-08T06:02:55.855643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5932560 2024-10-08T06:02:48.958713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391505 2022-09-08T14:21:03.100122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346115 345994 2024-10-08T06:02:38.113754 2023-09-08T08:05:04.559638 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 345883 2006-03-23T15:09:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 122726 2006-03-23T15:09:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19811 2024-10-08T06:02:56.036640 application/rdf+xml 19523 2024-10-08T06:02:42.500724 image/jpeg 4309 2024-10-08T06:02:42.205717 image/jpeg 4988714 2024-10-08T06:02:39.376752 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog