(April 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm)dyresand Wrote:(April 12, 2015 at 5:30 pm)Polaris Wrote: So explain why France, a Catholic nation, sided with the Protestants against other Catholic nations in the 30 Years' War.It was kind of a the enemy of my enemy is my friend thing. France wanted to break the power of the Catholic Hapsburgs monarchs, who ruled in Spain, Austria, and the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany). One way to do this was to side with the Protestants, who also fought against the Hapsburgs in the Holy Roman empire.
Also, France also made an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, to counter the Hapsburgs--The first Catholic country to make an alliance with a Muslim one.
So you agree it was really about politics.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
