Word: schreider
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Messa." In the nearby town of Varese lived the Rev. Giovanni Battista Schreider, a serious, bald, bespectacled Baptist minister. When he heard of the state of affairs at Caravate, he put in an urgent call for his friend Angelo Messa, an elder of the Baptist Church in Milan.* Both hastened to Caravate, arrived to find a crowd milling around the main square. From a balcony above their heads Pastor Schreider blasted the papal system, offered the "true faith which does not need external manifestations to assert itself." The crowd cheered. Many said they were ready to turn Protestant...
Just down the street, Pastor Schreider's hastily improvised church in the local tavern and dance hall was crowded. Some hotheads solemnly pronounced themselves Protestants, but other citizens said it was not as simple as that; first they would have to receive permission to leave the Catholic Church...
...Mario, the new priest, was a patient man; he knew that Italian tempers cool eventually. Last week a small, penitent group came to Mass. There was also a noticeable decline in attendance at Pastor Schreider's sermons. Said Don Mario, beaming gently: "I wager they all, even the black sheep, will come to hear midnight Mass on Christmas. Peace will return...