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Subject: King of Prussia and Evangelische/Lutheran
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 04:10:27 EST

Thank you, Karen! This DOES make a big difference in my understanding of how
Lutheran and Evangelische came to mean the same thing in Prussia. This
decree by the King was probably intended to make everyone "get along well
together"? I guess that in the US there was more exclusivity among different sects
arising from this forced union.

Jean Bails--also in Michigan

In a message dated 12/3/04 1:58:38 PM, JenterKar writes:

<< I don't know if this make a difference, but on 27 Sept 1817 Frederich
Wilhelm III the King of Prussia, ordered the merge of the Lutheran Church and the
Reformed Church. This was the 300th anniversary of the Protestant
Reformation. It was from then on and is still considered the Evangelische church in
Germany.

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