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Old 12-19-2007, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Spear Dane View Post
Arguably my favorite movie. Interesting how the theology of the Puritans led them to regicide while we claim to be Puritan theology today, yet we balk at that move.
They were not monolithic in favor of it by any means. Some Puritans were cavaliers and the covenanters IIRC were against it as well.
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