December 18, 2008
THEY'RE ANGLES, NOT ANGELS:
O Come All Ye Faithful 'was a Catholic rallying call' (Daily Telegraph, 17 Dec 2008)
The popular carol O Come All Ye Faithful was a coded rallying call for Catholic supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie, an academic has claimed.Posted by Orrin Judd at December 18, 2008 6:50 AMThe "faithful" in the song referred to those who believed that the 18th century prince - who was the grandson of England's last Catholic monarch, James II - was the rightful heir.