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==Catholic Archbishop?==
==Catholic Archbishop?==
The first paragraph begins:
Ragnar Danneskjöld was born in [[Norway]], the last son of one of its first families. His father was the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Archbishop of Norway. (How the Archbishop got away with having a son though Catholic clergy are supposed to be celibate, the novel never explains—but then, Pope Alexander VI famously had several children, who became Italy's first crime family, the Borgias.)
Whoever wrote this seems unaware that since the 16th Century Norway is a staunchly LUTHERAN country. The Catholic Church was outlawed in Norway for hundreds of years. It was legalized in 1847, but also then remained a very marginal part of Norwegian society. In the 1950's when Ayn Rand wrote the book there were only about 6000 Catholics in the whole of Norway. The First Families of Norway would not dream, in their worst nightmares, of being Catholics. Obviously, Ragnar Danneskjöld's father was a Lutheran Bishop, not a Catholic one. This also explains how he could have a legitimate son - Lutheran clergy do not have to be celibate, they can and do get married anbd have children.
I suggest to correct this quickly, because the text as it stands would make anyone who knows Norway laugh.
Adam Keller