At 10:10 PM 5/17/2008, you wrote: >Well, I did say "Papist' not 'Catholic'- I do realize that there's a >difference. Henry continued to consider himself a good Catholic >while denouncing the 'Bishop of Rome'. > >I also said 'crucifix' not 'cross'- once again there's a >distinction. A cross is bare while a crucifix has the dead guy on it.
Please, the proper term is "corpus", not dead guy. You don't have to believe to be respectful. Pierre >Karen >Seamstrix > >-- monica spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Henry VIII considered himself a good Catholic til the day he died, even >though the Pope did not. :-) There are lots of examples of people wearing >crosses in that period -- check out those done by Holbein. > >As for the later period... maybe. Charles I was notoriously sympathetic to >Catholics because of Henrietta Maria, his wife. >Monica "Those Who Fail To Learn History Are Doomed to Repeat It; Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -- Why They Are Simply Doomed. Achemdro'hm "The Illusion of Historical Fact" -- C.Y. 4971 Andromeda _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
