Posted on 09/05/2002 12:35:50 PM PDT by NYer
To a degree, that is what I'm saying. The Church and the governments of Europe had become so enmeshed as to be virtually indistinguishable. That is a condition that could not have come to exist had the Bishops not been concilliatory in bending to the will of the monarchs.
Here is a link that addresses the issue briefly.
I think we are on two different subjects here, the founding fathers were most concerned with religious liberty - foremost in their mind were the first settlers to this country, and why they came. In fact, didn't Madison use Holland as an example of religious tolerance in one of his letters regarding the establishment of a state religion question? (you don't have to answer, this is way, way, off topic - requires another thread, really)
That said, I pray for the Episcopal problem to heal itself with the help of God and I pray for Fr. Moyer and his continued witness for God.
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