Word: fjellbu
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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Within the church Arne Fjellbu preached his last sermon to the few who had come in before the police arrived. His text: the words of Peter to Jesus, "We have forsaken all, and followed thee." For the churchmen of Norway, the words were prophetic...
...Castle. The people of Oslo stayed away from the ceremony. But in Trondheim Norwegians by the thousand gathered outside Nidaros Cathedral. Inside, preaching to a handful of quislingites, a puppet pastor was shouting the praises of his leader. The people in the street were waiting to hear Dean Arne Fjellbu. At 2 p.m., the hour scheduled for Fjellbu's afternoon service, police appeared with clubs to keep the crowd from entering. The huge throng stood patiently outside the Cathedral. Presently a single voice began the great Lutheran hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Soon a multitude of voices...