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Polish church music versus African-American gospel [29]
To take over
Take over from. Not take over, little Cherry Pie...
Yes, overwhelming Roman Catholic
Not during the reformation. As mentioned, there was a great deal of flip flopping. On a parish level, the illiterate serfs wouldn't have noticed. On a national level, the horse trading lasted for two generations.
you are not Polish either.
He can't hold a conversation in the language and has never lived in PL or can even afford to visit.
The thread is about church music though, not an incel's Lefebvrist fantasies. He probably doesn't realise how much more traditional the Sunday worship is in PL that he's probably used to. This is in part due to JP2's key role at Vatican 2 when he was the Bishop who most strongly promoted the idea of the local church and partly because of the Iron Curtain being up during the peak period of liturgical experimentation. That and the rural/urban split.
Nevertheless less, radical groups like the NeoKats are very big in PL, especially in the cities.