Dear Bill (and others too, of course),
Yes, I think there are very few things that can be categorised as typically
protestant. The differences between different protestant churches (or sects
if you like) are indeed remarkable.
Jussi
At 11:55 AM 10.10.1999 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> I would not say that other protestant churches do not include
>> Apocrypha at
>> all. It is true that they are normally not included, but for example
>> the
>> big and heavy, so called family Bible one can find in almost every
>> Finnish
>> household does include them. Ergo they are not altogether neglected
>> by the
>> Finnish Lutheran church, don't know about the other Scandinavian
>> churches.
>
>That is very interesting, Jussi. I was not aware of this. I suspect
>there is a difference between Lutheran and Calvinist churches on this
>point.
>
>Bill.
>
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