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Subject: [HWE] RE:(HWE)Huguenots in Breslau (Wroclau)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:49:30 -0700 (PDT)

Elisabeth Nyhammer-Gustavsson asked "could an huguenot
belong to a catolic church instead?"

Hmm now there is a very debatable question. To my mind
the answer could be a "maybe". Why do I suggest "maybe"?

Well, as most people were Catholic to begin, there must
surely have been a short "cross-over" period. It is not
as though one just woke up one morning, conducted
ablutions and said.."ah, tis a good day to be a
Huguenot"

And so the "maybe" it was possible to be a Catholic but
moving on to Lutheranism or somesuch.

Of course once the super duper, fabulously wealthy
Catholic clergy discoverd that one was even so much as
contemplating reading or listening to Luther, Zwingli
or Cauvin, then it was off to the local town square for
a barbecue.

So my answer is a definitive "maybe".

It doesn't help much with your research Elizabeth, but
as we all know, keeping an open mind in those early
searches often takes you to that ground breaking
discovery.

Genealogy is the art of lateral thinking at times.

Kind Regards,
Peter Leroy

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