The Lion of Munster
Subtitle: The Bishop Who Roared Against The Nazis
Publisher: TAN Books
Published: November 2, 2016
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781618907646
Description: The dear God placed me in a position in which I had a duty to call black 'black' and white 'white'. These words were spoken by Cardinal Clemens August von Galen, the bishop of the diocese of Münster in Germany from 1933 to 1946. In so doing, he risked death at the hands of the Nazis, one Gestapo leader even urging that he be publicly hanged. Joseph Goebbels and others in the Nazi leadership, knowing the bishop's popularity, advised waiting, subscribing to the adage that revenge is a dish best served cold. 

In this, the definitive English language biography of the great Lion of Münster, readers will encounter the young von Galen as he learns the Catholic faith and love of the fatherland from his family, members of the German aristocracy. A nobleman, a prince of his people and of his Church, the boy grew into a man, a six-and-a-half-foot tall giant of a man, who, though he loved his homeland, loved God, His Church and His law even more; for he knew that calling his homeland back to the ways of God is the one way in which a bishop can best demonstrate that love for the people under his spiritual care. And so, in three magnificent sermons and countless other speeches, communiques and gestures, the Lion roared.

This story of his life and his stirring words provides readers with an indispensable glimpse into the confrontation between Church and State in Hitler s Germany and will serve as a reminder to all men and women of good will of the duty to call black black and white white.
Table of contents: label: Introduction:
title: A Glorious Homecoming; label: 1.
title: I and My House Will Serve the Lord; label: 2.
title: Priesthood; label: 3.
title: New leader, New Bishop; label: 4.
title: Neither Praises nor Fear; label: 5.
title: Opening Shots Against the New Paganism; label: 6.
title: No Reflection on the Fuhrer; label: 7.
title: The Great Procession; label: 8.
title: Battle Tactics; label: 9.
title: Fresh Graves in German Lands; label: 10.
title: Battle for the Cross; label: 11.
title: With Burning Anxiety; label: 12.
title: If That Is the National Socialist Worldview; label: 13.
title: Catholic Schools Under Attack; label: 14.
title: Nights of Broken Glass; label: 15.
title: To Be or Not to Be; label: 16.
title: Does the Fuhrer Know?; label: 17.
title: "I Lift Up My Voice"; label: 18.
title: We Are the Anvil, Not the Hammer; label: 19.
title: The Destruction of "Worthless Lives"; label: 20.
title: Jesus Weeps; label: 21.
title: Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold; label: 22.
title: Finis Germaniae; label: 23.
title: Under Occupation; label: 24.
title: Cardinal; label: 25.
title: Two Homecomings; title: Acknowledgements; label: Appendix:
title: On the Trail of a Mysterious Document; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: Gallery