Johann Gottfried Bischoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Unter-Mossau, Hesse, Germany
About Johann Gottfried Bischoff
- Johann Gottfried Bischoff (2 January 1871 – 6 July 1960) was a German Christian leader, Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church from his ordination in 1930 until 1960, time of his death.His leadership featured several controversies.
- Bischoff was an ardent follower of Adolf Hitler, often expressing racist and anti-Semitic views on his writings, particularly on the official magazine of the Church, Unsere Familie.
- Argentine historian Aurelio Nicolella mentions that Bischoff even entertained the idea of turning his Church into the state religion of the Third Reich.
- On Christmas Day 1951 he delivered his infamous Botschaft (message), where he stated that Jesus Christ would fulfill his long-awaited Second Coming before his passing, claiming "the Lord will come again during my lifetime.
- I am the last, and there is no one after me." For a short while it would be fixed as a Church dogma.
- After his death, when it became evident for the faithful that Christ would not return any time soon, a significant degree of members began to leave the Church.
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