STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2554, sig. 109-12/201

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1b 88 The clever church The Archdechant of Pilsen was asked, as it is said, by a Jew who wanted to be baptized quickly shortly before the German invasion, whether the Christian baptism would also be of use.The spiritual Lord answered, "In heaven already, on earth never! "