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From: "Coral Woon" <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] (HWE) Being Huguenot
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:05:38 +1300
References: <F163rDSd9dOONScRUdr00005bd0@hotmail.com>


I'm pretty sure I remember reading that Huguenots were only named as
such in the 1600's and that they were actually given that name by
Catholics as a form of derision. Swingli was the first I heard of. He
started the movement off that eventually evolved into or was named
Huguenot and nobody seems to know precisely where that name came from.

regards,
Coral
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Garrigus" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:47 PM
Subject: [HWE] (HWE) Being Huguenot


> Many thanks to one and all for what I have enjoyed as fascinating and
> enlightening discussions on the topic of exactly what it means to have
been
> (or have been declared) a Huguenot. I have learned a great deal and
enjoy
> the information as a great enhancement to my understanding of the
lives and
> times of our ancestors.
>
> I am not even remotely as learned in the history of the religious
movements
> in 16th century Europe. However, in the "for what its worth column", I
find
> in most abjurations that I have seen in France for the period after
the
> Revocation that people were renouncing what were deemed "Calvinist
> heresies". Based in this at least it seems that the Catholic Church of
17th
> Century France pointed the finger toward Calvin.
>
> This is a bit of an oversimplification but sometimes thats not a bad
thing.
>
> Robert Garrigus
>
>
>
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