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

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Thomas Anderson wrote:

> 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 ...).
> 

"How many divisions has the Archbishop?", to misquote Uncle Joe...

Sorry, wildly OT, my history classes are melting my brain.

Brian (burger00@camosun.bc.ca)