Oberecker, Hans (d. 1536)
Hans Oberecker (Overacker, Overakker), an Anabaptist martyr of Affers in the Adige Valley of Tyrol, Austria (now Italy), was sent with Hieronymus Kals and Michael Seifensieder to Tyrol as a missionary of the Hutterian Brethren. They were seized in Vienna. Hans was burned at the stake on 31 March 1536. In prison the two men wrote an important Rechenschaft und Bekenntnis besides several epistles to the brotherhood in Moravia and their relatives. Three times, wrote Hans Oberecker, the day of the Lord had appeared to him, so that he "prayed that God would let him incur this wrath, which is so great and dreadful upon wickedness."
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| Author(s) | Christian Neff |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1958 |
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