Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 44

[cahn]

Not only are these posts still going, there is now (more) original research going on in them deciphering and translating letters in archives that apparently no one has bothered to look at before?? (Which has now conclusively exonerated Fritz's valet/chamberlain Fredersdorf from the charge that he was dismissed because of financial irregularities and died shortly thereafter "ashamed of his lost honor," as Wikipedia would have it. I'M JUST SAYING.)

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Re: A Reverend at Dear Old Wusterhausen: Religious Examinations

[selenak]

Oof. :( He tried!

Yep. For all that he's a hardcore Pietist, he does not seem to be a stern authoritarian, and doesn't want to put Fritz through what is clearly a very uncomfortable situation. (Given he's the headmaster of the orphanage plus school, that's good to know in the interest of his students.)

This is weird, because Romans only has 16 chapters. Maybe Romans 5? Idk if there's anything there that explicitly talks about this question. (2 Peter 2 also seems not super relevant? idk, I may be missing something)

Like Freylinghausen, I didn't have the time to look up the quotes, so I'm glad you did. Possibly Bodgan Krieger - who transcribed the diary, after all - made a mistake? Or the printer did?