In Reply to: He converted to the Russian Orthodox Church when he married R-K's daughter posted by Chris from Lafayette on April 14, 2015 at 19:11:33:
Pre-Vatican II at least, there was a saying, "The Study of History is the death of Protestantism."
So, having Jewish intellectuals of blue-collar origins force you to read The Great Books turned out to be more effective in gaining converts (among a certain self-selected pool) than Fulton Sheen's TV show... .
BTW, until I just read a book on the subject of "blue-collar intellectuals" I never knew that Ariel Durant was Jewish and she met literally excommunicated former seminarian Will when he was her teacher and she was: 14. The married when she was 15... .
They were together for what, 67 years?
JM
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- There's no small amount of truth in that quip! - John Marks 07:16:31 04/15/15 (0)