Re: Awards and ANthems(and now some background) [OT] [HIST]

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, John M. Atkinson wrote:
> And Re: Orthodox vs Catholic--in my background religion plays a very
> prominent part, it's part and parcel of basing it on the 11th century.

> No purges or auto-da-fes, but the Pope and the FSE have a very cozy
> relationship, the Romanovs have their pet Patriarch of Moscow in Exile
> (Not to be confused with the Patriarch of Moscow which is the puppet
of
> the Communist Party in Moscow, nor with the Patriarch of Moscow
> recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch of New Rome), etc., and of
course
> the IF has more than a few mullahs involved in their politics.  The
New
> Roman Empire, of course, has an entire Orthodox hierarchy,

and, of course, the New Anglian Commonwealth has the New Anglian Church
(the archbishop of canterbury sent a few divisions over and 'converted'
the baptists ...).

Tom