A polish priest and altar boys pray as they burn occult books and objects in gdansk, poland, march 31, 2019. Catholic priests burn harry potter books in poland sbs. Catholic priest apologises for burning harry potter books. Polish priest leads harry potter book burning, apologizes if anyone took it the wrong way and the rest of the weeks best writing on books and related subjects. Harry potter books burned at catholic parish in poland. Jk rowlings harry potter books are reckoned to be the most popular fiction works in publishing history more than 500 million copies have been sold worldwide. Rowling, have been runaway bestsellers and a movie, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, is currently a blockbuster hit.
We obey the word, priests said in a facebook post showing photographs of the public book burning and quoting biblical passages from the book of deuteronomy in the old testament. Rowling to say she had burned her harry potter books in response to the authors criticism of president donald trump, rowling had a few choice. Images from the burning at gdansks mother of church parish on sunday march 31, 2019, were posted on facebook by a catholic foundation that uses unconventional ways of religious work. Religious debates over the harry potter series wikipedia. Everyone should read this book, if only to realize why the phenomenon harry potter has spread.
Im reading for the first time this book to my daughter 6 years old, but for me 37 years old its the third time i read harry potter and the philosophers stone. Harry potter books burned by polish priests, who consider them evil the beloved childrens books were some of the victims of a catholic book burning in. Jk rowling reveals true birthplace of harry potter books. On thursday, a harry potter fan implored jk rowling on twitter to tell me the truthand she did, with a reveal that may have surprised many readers. He described the books as supernatural, but it also seemed like he kind of chose harry potter for publicity. Warsaw, poland ap a priest in northern poland who led a public burning of books that included titles from the harry potter series and other items parishioners wanted destroyed has. Harry potter among books burned by priests in poland world news. Polish priest leads harry potter book burning, apologizes. In such way members of orthodox brotherhood protest against propaganda of occultism and magic. The harry potter book series has gone on to sell more than 500 million copies worldwide. Harry potter books burned by polish priests, who consider them evil the beloved childrens books were some of the victims of a catholic book burning in poland. Catholic priests burn harry potter books due to evil forces national. Priests in northern poland have burned books they consider sacrilegious including some from jk rowlings harry potter series. Warsaw a polish priest apologized wednesday for burning magic harry potter books, after his actions sparked a wave of protest and comparisons with totalitarian regimes and the inquisition.
While they succeeded in drawing harry out into the open, they failed to capture him as several. English harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano. Polish priests burn parishioners harry potter books. Rowling responds to fans burning harry potter books.
Harry potter books burned by priests for being against word of god. Conservative christian opposition to the harry potter books. Brock, whose said his christmas eve sermon was titled the baby jesus or harry potter. Rowling roasts fans threatening to burn harry potter books duration. Therefore, many conservative christians equate wicca with paganism, with the harry potter imaginary world and with the world of the 15 th to 18 th century witch burning times. Catholic priests burn harry potter books in poland france 24. Planning to lure harry potter out of his safe house and capture him, the death eaters attacked the burrow on christmas day.
You dont have to burn books to destroy a culture, ray bradbury, author of fahrenheit 451, warned. The polish evangelical group, called the sms from heaven foundation, said they burned the muchloved books because the fictional depiction of. If efforts to restrict childrens books like harry potter are successful, they can cause more harm than eradicating valuable literature. A number of protestant, catholic, and orthodox christians have argued against the series, as have some shia and sunni muslims. A history of harry potter books being burned and j. Polish catholic priests have burned sacrilegious books, including j. Catholic priest apologises for burning harry potter books at.
Priests at polish catholic parish burn harry potter books. Characters in the harry potter books satan worshipers during the late middle ages and until 1792. We obey the word, priests said in a facebook post showing photographs of the public book burning and quoting biblical. A priest in poland who led a public burning of books that included titles from the harry potter series and other items parishioners wanted destroyed has apologized, saying the ritual was not. It was adapted into a major motion picture franchise, multiple amusement parks around the globe, and a.
Rowlings responses are a little more straightforward than they usually are when people take issue with her political views, but the concept of burning harry potter books as retaliation isnt new. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the. In addition to the harry potter books, a wooden mask, animal figurines, small statues, the twilight series vampire books, and books on the occult were destroyed. Catholic priests burn sacrilegious harry potter books. Harry potter books burned by polish priests alarmed by magic bbc. A catholic priest in northern poland who led a public burning of the harry potter books and other items parishioners claimed carried evil forces has apologised.
Catholic priests burn harry potter books in poland cnsnews. But wicca and other traditions of paganism are actual, benign religions. The boy wizard has inspired fundamentalists all over the u. A bonfire of harry potter books have been burnt on a bonfire in new mexico, by people accusing the fictional boy wizard of being the devil. Catholic priests in northern poland have burned books they consider to be sacrilegious, including ones from the harry potter boy wizard series. Catholic priests in poland have burned books that they say promote sorcery, including one of jk rowling s harry potter novels, in a ceremony they photographed and posted on. Polish priests burn harry potter books, hello kitty umbrella and other sacrilegious items photos circulating on social media show priests saying prayers over the fire pit. These religious officials dont want you to read harry. It has been referenced in many ways in the simpsons.
In their disdain for harry potter, the turners are not alone. The first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, it follows harry potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. A priest in northern poland who led a public burning of books that included titles from the harry potter series and other items parishioners wanted destroyed has apologized, saying the ritual. Priests at a catholic parish in poland have burned books, including the harry potter series, that their owners said had evil forces. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men and they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Jk rowlings novels were burnt alongside other items considered to be the work of the devil, including horror books by stephen king, ouija boards and acdc records. Back in 2001,the christ community church in alamogordo, new mexico organized a book burning because their pastor claimed that the books were satanic and that harry potter. In 2001 the alamogordo christ community church in new mexico burned hundreds of copies of the harry potter books. The book of acts teaches us that burning someones books is a great way spread gods word. Still, he burned them so he probably doesnt want you reading them. Rowlings harry potter books are wonderful fantasy novels with powerful messages for kids and the ability to make even reluctant readers eager readers.
Supporters of the series have said that the magic in harry potter bears little resemblance to occultism, being more in the. On one side of the harry potter controversy are those who say that j. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Polish priests burn harry potter books, hello kitty. In 2001, bender held a book burning of harry potter books and all other things ungodly. Priests burn harry potter books over fears of witchcraft. April 1, 2019 warsaw afp catholic priests in poland burned books they say are sacrilegious this weekend, including tomes from british author j.
Rowling responds to harry potter book burning time. Catholic priests in poland burned books they say are sacrilegious this weekend, including tomes from british author j. Religious debates over the harry potter series of books by j. Book burning is not a thing of the past, at least not in poland, where catholic priests recently burned books they believe to be sacrilegious. Catholic priests in poland have burned books that they say promote sorcery, including one of jk rowlings harry potter novels, in a ceremony. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Influential in poland, the catholic church objects to harry potter books, which are international bestsellers, saying they promote sorcery. A group of catholic priests in poland have staged a book burning regarded as sacrilegious, including titles from the harry potter and twilight series. Warsaw, poland a priest in northern poland who led a public burning of books that included titles from the harry potter series and other items. Priests burn harry potter books over fears of witchcraft world news. In 1995, harry used it on one of the hedges of the triwizard maze and ends up burning a small hole in it. Polish priest apologises for harry potter book burning. Polish priest very sorry for harry potter book burning science.
Polish priest apologises for harry potter book burning books the. The harry potter controversy has gone on, in one form or another, for years, particularly before the series ended. Rowling are based on claims that the novels contain occult or satanic subtexts. Priests at a catholic parish in northern poland have burned books, including the harry potter series, and other items that their owners said had evil forces. Since the release of harry potter and the philosophers stone, there have been at least six book burnings for the series on record in the u. Harry potter is a book and film series written by british author j. Polish priest regrets burning harry potter and other books. A polish priest apologized wednesday for burning magic harry potter books, after his actions sparked a wave of protest and comparisons with. A priest in northern poland who led a public burning of books that included harry potter titles and other evil items parishioners wanted destroyed has. The burning of the burrow was a skirmish of the second wizarding war that occurred on 25 december, 1996 outside the weasley family home on the outskirts of ottery st catchpole. Bbc news entertainment satanic harry potter books burnt.
The union of orthodox bannerbearers burns book about harry potter. Catholic priests in poland burned sacrilegious books this weekend including books from the harry potter and twilight series. Polish priests burn harry potter and twilight books in. Priests at a catholic parish in northern poland have drawn criticism after they burned books, including some from the harry potter series, and other items that their owners said had evil forces. The rare hardback copy of harry potter and the philosophers stone was salvaged from the skip at a. Polish priest very sorry for harry potter book burning. On sunday, catholic priests in northern poland burned books that they felt encouraged belief in the occult and promoted sorcery, including one of the harry potter books authored by j.
The foundation said the burning was intended to alert parishioners to the bad influence emanating from magic and the occult. Harry potter among books burned by priests in poland. Last sunday, after mass, three priests in a parish at the baltic port city of gdansk presided over the burning of items including books they said were. Rowling pictures revealed three priests in koszalin at the gdansks mother of church parish transporting the books from inside a church to a stone area, where they were set afire.
Polish priest apologizes for burning of harry potter books. Christian groups actually organized mass potter burns back in 2001, protesting the. Polish priest apologizes for burning harry potter books. First, theres some history with book burning and harry potter. Priests burn harry potter books over fears of witchcraft an evangelical group called the sms from heaven foundation also burned what appeared to. Rowling about a young wizard who goes to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Rowling has earned the scorn of donald trump supporters over the past few months, but recently, readers who dont.
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