[Arguss]

"It seems we all need to look back into history and see if Catholics were really prosecuted during these times. That, as far as I am aware, has not been researched on this particular thread."

Are you serious or just pouting? I for one am not in doubt about the persecution of Catholics during this era. The English martyrs are among the greatest heroes of the Church to have given their blood for Jesus and the Church and I hope will never be forgotten.

It's just the prominence and mystique this song has garnered that I question.

[Salvation]

I thought that you were doubting the persecuting of Catholics. I understand how the song could have or might not have referred to secret inferences.