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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 2008/04

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Back - getting OT
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:03:05 -0400

Felix Mendelssohn
Born of Jewish parents, but converted to Christianity of some sort.
Apparently not an uncommon occurrence at that time.
Herb

On 4/2/08 12:09 PM, "David Lurie" <klingsor@-----.com> wrote:

> Let me add my 2 cents to this learned discussion. Felix Mendelssohn,
> despite the fact that he was often referred to as "the Jew" by Wagner
> and other anti-Semites of the day, was I believe a Lutheran - or at
> least a Christian of some stripe or other - and not Jewish.
>
> David
>
> At 11:40 AM 4/2/2008, you wrote:
>> <<<So, I guess one could possibly say he became a Lutheran, but
>> originally, he was a Catholic.>>>
>>
>> John Wesley, regarded as the founder of Methodism, was not a Methodist.
>> He was an Anglican.
>>
>> Martin Luther was not a Lutheran, he was a Catholic.
>>
>> But, this shouldn't be too surprising. Jesus Christ was not a
>> Christian, he was a Jew.
>>
>> Ed Lacy
>> University of Evansville
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