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

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