There are only half as many Protestants as Catholics in Bavaria, but those there are as stubborn as Scots Calvinists. Of all the 28 onetime independent Lutheran state churches of Germany, only two up to last week still held out against the whip-snapping of Adolf Hitler's bullet-headed Realm Bishop Ludwig Müller (TIME, Oct 1 et ante). This bold pair were the provincial churches of Bavaria and Württemberg. Though 95% of Württem-berg's clergy had voted to support their anti-Nazi Bishop Theophil Wurm, the Nazi whip cracked early last week and Bishop Wurm, suspended last...
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