tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post3722205846718018563..comments2023-11-02T07:33:16.948-04:00Comments on Continuing Counter Reformation: A Wrong FocusDouglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-52608272306331741552012-05-07T12:05:12.731-04:002012-05-07T12:05:12.731-04:00It is quite clear that there have ever been two wo...It is quite clear that there have ever been two wolves in each Catholic...just as their are two wolves in every other man. <br /><br />One does not denigrate the British 'royals' (which, by the way, is meant to encompass the entirety of British 'nobility')but one does highlight that if the Church of England made the choice to return to the Romish fold in increments over a long period of time, then the English Royal family would indeed by bound to do so (as 'defender of the faith') and without necessarily telling the populace at large that this had already occurred in a sub-rosa fashion. Tolkein, a Catholic, noted it well in the aftermath of the trench warfare he took part in...stating that the White Tower had once again allied with the 'All Seeing Eye' of Rome.<br /><br />The Lord of the Rings is quite the book, from a Sanskrit and metaphorical point of view. As are other great books...like Bible and Veda.<br /><br />Using wikipedia to underscore dialogue? pft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-42564427035694840432012-04-30T12:48:28.840-04:002012-04-30T12:48:28.840-04:00The true target is clear. Protestant Eastern Pruss...The true target is clear. Protestant Eastern Prussia was born from a leader of Teutonic order who converted (you just stated this):<br /><br />-------------------------<br /><<.......During the Protestant Reformation, endemic religious upheavals and wars occurred across the region. In 1525, during the aftermath of the Polish-Teutonic War (1519–1521), Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland, and his nephew, the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern, agreed that the latter would resign his position, adopt the Lutheran faith and assume the title of Duke of Prussia. Thereafter referred to as Ducal Prussia (German: Herzogliches Preußen, Preußen Herzoglichen Anteils; Polish: Prusy Książęce), remaining a Polish fief..............>><br />------------------------<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastic_State_of_the_Teutonic_Knights#16th_century_and_aftermathavleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962973703796060387noreply@blogger.com