Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 39

[cahn]

Last post, along with the usual 18th-century suspects, included the Ottonians; changing ideas of conception and women's sexual pleasure; Isabella of Parma (the one who fell in love, and vice versa, with her husband's sister); Henry IV and Bertha (and Henry's second wife divorcing him for "unspeakable sexual acts"). (Okay, Isabella of Parma was 18th century.)

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Re: Nancy Goldstone has nothing on this one...

[selenak]

Raised Calvinist, embraced Pietism as he got older, right?

Yes, but he was never a Lutheran. He had a lot of respect for Luther, but that's quite different from being a Lutheran, which would have needed a formal conversion. And FW was quite explicit in his testament as I recall about Calvinisim (minus predestination) being his faith.

Re: Nancy Goldstone has nothing on this one...

[mildred_of_midgard]

which would have needed a formal conversion

Fair!

minus predestination

MINUS PREDESTINATION