▁open ly ▁s iding ▁with ▁the ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church , ▁in ▁his ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁occasion ▁of ▁Har vest ▁Festival ▁( ). ▁German ▁Christian ▁He ck el , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁E cc les iast ical ▁Foreign ▁Department , ▁he ft ily ▁critic ised ▁Rhein ▁and ▁We iß ▁for ▁that ▁article . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁R aben au , ▁mean while ▁a ▁leading ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church ▁and ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁Naz ism , ▁res igned ▁from ▁doing ▁the ▁German ▁public ▁relations ▁of ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association . ▁After ▁the ▁Bre th ren ▁Council ▁of ▁the ▁old - Pr uss ian ▁E cc les iast ical ▁Province ▁of ▁P omer ania , ▁the ▁P omer an ian ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church ▁executive , ▁had ▁agreed ▁to ▁release ▁its ▁Vic ar ▁Felix ▁Mod er ow , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁J aff a ▁to ▁serve ▁there ▁as ▁auxili ary ▁past or ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 7 . ▁Also ▁Prov ost ▁Rhein ▁demanded ▁an ▁oppon ent ▁past or ▁as ▁his ▁new ▁vic ar ▁and ▁chose ▁another ▁P omer an ian ▁the ologist , ▁Fritz ▁Ma ass ▁( 1 9 1 0 – 2 0 0 5 ), ▁as ▁his ▁vic ar ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁ ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁diplom atic ▁service ▁the ▁so - called ▁A ry an ▁paragraph ▁caused ▁the ▁f url ough ▁of ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁German ▁Cons ul - General ▁Dr . ▁ ▁in ▁summer