Quote Originally Posted by Dangermouse View Post
It's very simple and unavoidable. He was baptised a Catholic, and was never excommunicated.
Whatever speculations you might produce from "historians" who could not know what he thought, the fact of his religion remains.
Those historical "speculations" are drawn from what he wrote and said. You should investigate that before spouting nonsense.

One is baptized shortly after birth way before any sense of choice develops. I was baptized, etc, but am an atheist.