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Protestantism ended up as a(n involuntary) facilitator of the Enlightement only as a consequence of the Thirty Years War, and the Counter-Reformation in the areas given to Catholic rulers then.

I have threatend before that I might do a history of Protestantism in Germany and its role in enlightenment that would quitely run against this thesis......

But I am scared (-:

by PeWi on Wed Feb 15th, 2006 at 05:12:34 PM EST
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Oh, do.  I'm confused now that I've read DoDo's comment.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
by p------- on Wed Feb 15th, 2006 at 06:12:26 PM EST
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