CHAPTER XVII.
GREECE.
DR.

JONAS KING AND THE GREEK HIERARCHY.
1845-1847.
The struggle of Dr.Jonas King with the Greek Hierarchy, deserves a permanent record.

The point at issue between them was, freedom to worship God and to preach the Gospel in Greece.

The conflict was not waged by Dr.King as a Greek citizen, for such he never claimed to be, though he was a property-owner in Athens, and married to a Greek lady, who retained her nominal connection with the Greek Church.
These facts were helpful to him, as was also his American citizenship.

A mere citizen of Greece could not have maintained his ground after the persecuting hierarchy had overawed the courts of justice and the officers of state.