Mozart's Religious Beliefs
The degree of Mozart's personal commitment to Catholic doctrine is difficult to determine. Halliwell writes, "An educated guess at the totality of Mozart's beliefs based on reconciling the motley evidence would probably posit a broad belief in Christianity, but impatience with many of the requirements of the Catholic church." MacIntyre suggests that Mozart "seems to have been a freethinking Catholic with a private relationship to God."
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