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Andrew B. (Andreas Bernardus) Smolnikar
1795–1869
A restless 19th-century religious reformer and political visionary, he wrote fiercely argued books that mixed prophecy, social criticism, and plans for a more peaceful world. His life moved from the Catholic priesthood in the Slovene lands to a long, unconventional writing career in the United States.
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![Secret Enemies of True Republicanism Most important developments regarding the inner life of man and the spirit world, in order to abolish revolutions and wars and to establish permanent peace on earth, also: the plan for redemption of nations from monarchical and other oppresive [sic] speculations and for the introduction of the promised new era of harmony, truth and righteousness on the whole globe](https://listenly.io/api/img/6637f9dd829d50c265d73c0a/cover.jpg)
About the author
Born in 1795 in what is now Slovenia, Andreas Bernardus Smolnikar was educated for the Catholic priesthood and was ordained in 1819. Sources describe him as a priest, former Benedictine monk, and later a highly unorthodox religious thinker whose ideas brought him into conflict with church authorities.
After leaving Europe, he settled in the United States, where he published a long series of religious and political works under the name Andrew B. Smolnikar. His writing joined spiritual prophecy with social reform, and his best-known surviving book, Secret Enemies of True Republicanism (1859), argues for ending war and revolution and creating lasting peace.
Smolnikar remains an unusual figure in 19th-century literature: part memoirist, part polemicist, part visionary. His books are intense, ambitious, and deeply personal, offering a window into the era's mix of faith, politics, reform movements, and utopian hope.