Word: calvinist
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...turned against everything that formerly he had held beloved. He, priest and friend of popes, conceived this singular notion-that the Catholic Church was secretly in league with the Free Masons. That turned him against the Church, and he announced that he was going to become a Protestant. A Calvinist congregation in Rome received the head of the Vatican Choir with some enthusiasm, but soon found embarrassment in Perosi's fantastic ideas. The Vatican understood that the unfortunate musician was mad. They did not depose him from his leadership of the Sistine Choir. The chief concern...