[Oberon]

Yes ... some of the things the English reformers did were obscene. As the article states, these ‘priest holes’ were a response to obscene tyranny.

Indeed.

But there were no clean hands in that struggle. "Bloody Mary" didn't get her name for nothing, and she was Catholic.

[NorthMountain]

But there were no clean hands in that struggle.

As you say ... and "Good Queen Bess" has a name she doesn't deserve. And Henry was a pig.

It was a bloody mess all around; one of the reasons I'm glad we don't have a monarchy in these United States ... and that we have the Second Amendment.

[fishtank]

I am thankful I was born in America.

I was raised in a strong Catholic family.

I got saved by grace through faith as an adult. I'm no longer RCC.

America is home to a very strong Catholicism AND a strong Protestantism.

We should all be thankful for that.