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    1. [POLAND] Protestant Church in Poland
    2. Hello All, I have a general question about the Protestant Church in Poland. What form did this take? Was it for example a High Church with ceremonies more akin to the Catholic Church than the Protestant as we know it in UK or America? In UK there is a small branch of the Church of England that is known as High Church. If you went to a service there you would find incense, statues, crusifixes and genuflecting as a normal part of the service, despite the fact that it is very definately Anglican and not Catholic. If visiting the area you would be forgiven for thinking that you had walked into the local Catholic church by mistake. Might this be the case in Poland? My reason for asking is that if statues and crucifixes are a normal part of the Protestant Church in Poland (or were in the early 20th century) the family might have made an error in believing that Marie was Catholic simply because she had these in her possesion. As I said before, all her children were baptised in the Church of England. She was never known to attend church of any demonination during her lifetime, except for the baptism of her children and their subsequent weddings. I was however mistaken when I thought that she married in the Church of England. In fact she had a civil ceremony at a Register Office. Many thanks for helping me to understand a little more about life in Poland. Regards, Chris

    10/29/2008 12:09:53