Pfaffenspiegel
Der Pfaffenspiegel was the title of the 1845 clerical-critical book "Historical Monuments of Christian Fanaticism" by the East Prussian author Otto von Corvin (1812–1886) from 1845. The "peppered polemical work" survived into the 20th century with new editions. He was accused of superficial misrepresentation of history, which the National Socialists used as hate speech against the Catholic Church.
Origin
Corvin worked as a writer and journalist after completing his military service. He was a free thinker and belonged to liberal democratic and anti-clerical circles. The debate about the Trier pilgrimage of 1844 and the “Holy Rock” shown there led him to write his work on the church. It is understood as a settlement with the Papal States or the spiritual authorities; According to the author's intention, it is not a “work of cultural history”, but rather a report on the conditions and historical development of “divine perversion”.
The book appeared in 1845 under the title "Historic Monuments of Christian Fanaticism" at the Gebauer'schen Buchhandlung in Leipzig . From the second edition in 1868 under the name "Pfaffenspiege"l.
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