01741cam a22003133u 4500 34581 UtSlPG 20260610133805.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG de iso639-1 BX Corvin, Otto von, 1812-1886 Der Pfaffenspiegel : Historische Denkmale des Fanatismus in der römisch-katholischen Kirche Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfaffenspiegel Release date is 2010-12-05 Produced by Andreas Schmidt "Der Pfaffenspiegel" by Otto von Corvin is an anticlerical book published in 1845. Written by a Prussian freethinker, this fiercely polemical work attacks the Catholic Church through alleged historical accounts of religious fanaticism, clerical misconduct, and institutional corruption. From medieval saints to papal authority, Corvin's provocative compilation sparked fierce controversy and achieved massive circulation—1.6 million copies by 1860. Later exploited by the Nazis for anti-Catholic propaganda, the book remains historically dismissed by scholars as superficial yet reveals the intensity of 19th-century religious-political conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Catholic Church -- Controversial literature https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34581 75427 75427