Was Handel a Catholic or a Protestant? We see this question asked a lot. He apparently was a Protestant all his life - but did go to Italy and was contracted to write songs for the Catholic liturgy. While he remained Protestant (Lutheran), he did not allow the politics of the Protestant schism to affect his music nor his interest in the Catholic liturgy. Handel wrote music for Anglican, Calvinist, Catholic and his own Lutheran church.
Links for further reading:
http://books.google.com/books?id=-Z7VTQC7zt0C&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.gfhandel.org/reviews/hwv047challenge.htm
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/131christians/musiciansartistsandwriters/handel.html
http://www.gfhandel.org/frosch.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/george-frideric-handel
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