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To: Bluewater2015
No. None of these countries had a truly "Protestant" religion from their origin (Anglicanism is not really a protesting religion---it is Catholicism accomodating Henry's divorce.) So England, Canada, Australia, and NZ don't fit. Yes, Scandinavian countries do---but as you correctly point out, they don't have common law.

England did NOT have "common law" in terms of true 'bottom-up' governance until the Glorious Revolution of 1688. So, in fact, we are the only nation to have all four of these from the outset. And if you'd read "A Patriot's History of the United States," you'd know that the last part of your comment isn't relevant.

3 posted on 08/03/2015 7:51:57 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

No. None of these countries had a truly “Protestant” religion from their origin (Anglicanism is not really a protesting religion-—it is Catholicism accomodating Henry’s divorce.)


I’m not a Protestant. So for me, the whole “Protestant” thing doesn’t really matter, anyhow.


4 posted on 08/03/2015 7:56:19 AM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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