Episode 4 Bach and the Lutheran Legacy
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I have admired Bach for many years so imagine my delight when I arrived in Leipzig in July 1981.
One of my first outings was to the Thomakirche, Bach's church, a former Augustinian priory -
Luther himself was an Augustinian.
I am an Irish Catholic but from my teens in Dublin in the 1950s I have admired all Christian
denominations. Bach's works were dismissed by a 'The Catholic Herald' reviewer in late 2008 as being 'full of
Lutheran pietism'.
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I am fortunate to have been educated entirely free from anti 'Protestant'
prejudice. For this I am thankful to the Carmelite priests and to the lay teachers at Terenure
College which I attended from October 1954 to June 1956. This cost my parents nothing
because I had been accepted after an interview in Whitefriars Street as a candidate for the
priesthood.
I failed but I have never ceased to draw water for life from that fountain that
was Terenure College in those years of gold...
muisire 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@muisire Given that my mother's family are Anglican I'm glad to hear it :-)
markfromireland 2 weeks ago