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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 2008/04

From: David Lurie <klingsor@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Back - getting OT
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:12:28 -0400

At 08:03 PM 4/2/2008, you wrote:
>Felix Mendelssohn
>Born of Jewish parents, but converted to Christianity of some sort.
>Apparently not an uncommon occurrence at that time.
>Herb

Yes, exactly.

David

>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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