MDDM Ch. 10 Aunt Euphy and the Bull's-Eye

[Terrance]

Judy Panetta wrote:
> 
> Terrance:
> 
> >Huguenots? Now that would connect these folks with Catholicism and Cape
> >Town Afrikaner Calvinism.
> >hmmmmmm. And Wicks? Judy?
> 
> Catholicism? How so? Would think there would be more than just an ounce of
> animosity there.

That's putting it mildly, again. i.e., your description of the cape folk
as hypocrites. 

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There is quite a lot of animosity there between Wicks and the other men.
They needle him for his being a saint and he needles them for their
devilish business interests. 

I'm quite sure Wicks is not Huguenot. I don't know if he is Anglican,
but he certainly knows a lot about the subtle differences in these
Catholic branches and the roots of their conflicts. His turning to
Kepler, who refused to convert to Catholicism is a clue, but this is an
unpublished sermon.  

The Le and De names seem to suggest Fr. Protestantism for the Uncles,
but not for Wicks. 
Dave Monroe might have something on this. 


> 
> What connection is relevant between the Le Sparks and the Cape Town
> Calvinists? 
 
If they are French Protestants, the Calvinism in their dogma for one. 
On the historical side, the Huguenots were big business men in the Cape. 
We should not forget there oppressions and remember only their having
been oppressed. 
They fled oppression and became oppressors in cape town. That old daisy
chain of S&M again. 



It strikes me that colonial life has an intense affect on a
> community's spiritual life. Not surprisingly. But the extremity is made
> manifest by either intensifying the experience (as in the "experiments,"
> safe havens, etc.) or attenuating devotion as in Cape Town (founded for
> monetary gain). Hmmm. Too binary an idea, but what the hey.\


Lost me, sorry.