Mysterious Chapel
Catholic Apostolic Chapel at Gartenstraße 11 in the Stadtjägerviertel district of Augsburg, Germany
I grew up in this district and always wondered what it was about this chapel, whose rear side I could see from our sitting room window and where no one ever showed up. In the meantime, fortunately, there is the Internet.
The chapel, I found out, belongs to a sect that has tripped itself up by its own teachings. These have led to the fact that there have been no ordinations since 1901, and this circumstance has in turn caused a constant loss of members. The remaining communities without ministers are waiting for the intervention of God.
The chapel was built in 1871/72, almost completely destroyed in the war year 1944 and rebuilt in 1951 for inexplicable reasons.
In 1994, the Catholic Apostolic community in Augsburg still had 20 members. www.schwabenmedia.de/Kirchen/Augsburg/Apostolische-kirche...
Today, the Catholic Apostolic community in Augsburg has an estimated two members;-)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholisch-apostolische_Gemeinden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Apostolic_Church
Mysterious Chapel
Catholic Apostolic Chapel at Gartenstraße 11 in the Stadtjägerviertel district of Augsburg, Germany
I grew up in this district and always wondered what it was about this chapel, whose rear side I could see from our sitting room window and where no one ever showed up. In the meantime, fortunately, there is the Internet.
The chapel, I found out, belongs to a sect that has tripped itself up by its own teachings. These have led to the fact that there have been no ordinations since 1901, and this circumstance has in turn caused a constant loss of members. The remaining communities without ministers are waiting for the intervention of God.
The chapel was built in 1871/72, almost completely destroyed in the war year 1944 and rebuilt in 1951 for inexplicable reasons.
In 1994, the Catholic Apostolic community in Augsburg still had 20 members. www.schwabenmedia.de/Kirchen/Augsburg/Apostolische-kirche...
Today, the Catholic Apostolic community in Augsburg has an estimated two members;-)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholisch-apostolische_Gemeinden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Apostolic_Church