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Old 04-11-2008, 04:51 AM
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Well the mark of the medieval priest was that he was clean-shaven. That's why when Henry VIII died, Thomas Cranmer grew a beard, and was burnt at the stake with a nice long grey-beard. The Reformers (like Calvin, Bullinger, and Laski) had ripper beards. Go for it dude!
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