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To: Dr. Eckleburg

So much so that Gregory XVI hated the trains because he said they would empower the middle class (read Calvinists.)

Last thing a Pope wants is Calvinists going around the countryside spreading the Gospel.

503 posted on 03/27/2011 2:34:51 PM PDT by Gamecock (I didn't reach the top of the food chain just to become a vegetarian.)

To: Gamecock

Yep

509 posted on 03/27/2011 2:42:23 PM PDT by RnMomof7

To: Gamecock

Last thing a Pope wants is Calvinists going around the countryside spreading the Gospel.

That is exactly correct. That, and an empowered middle class with mobility and Bibles of their own which they can actually read and understand.

Keep them poor. Keep them dumb. Keep them Roman Catholic. History reveals the blueprint for this pattern.

516 posted on 03/27/2011 2:47:23 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

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