Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-73.194.26.180-20160313121340/@comment-31350033-20170222052248

When Monroe in the pilot episode was telling Nick that he's a "Weider Blutbad -- that's a different church altogether", I believe it was just a Monroe-ish flippant expression to explain that weider Blutbaden were entirely different from the typical violent & bloodthirsty Blutbad stereotype, having changed their lifestyle with a rigorous program to suppress & master their violent impulses. I don't think it meant that he was a regular church-goer at some particular wesen religious congregation; that's certainly nothing they've shown us in six seasons. When Nick reacted with surprise that creatures like Monroe might go to church and he shot back, "Sure, don't you?" apparently he meant that some do (as we've seen in later episodes) -- but being "weider" doesn't appear to mean adhering to a particular church/religious practice. And when he & Rosalee talked about where to have their wedding, he asked, "In a church?" but neither of them seemed to have any particular church affiliation that would be a go-to venue for them.

At Helvetia Tavern ("Big Feet") he talks with (Reynaldo?) about their support group, working the steps, etc. so maybe the weider group uses something like AA's 12 Steps modified to help wesen manage their dangerous natures/impulses?

He rather clumsily crossed himself "just in case" when he & Nick were getting close to finding The Mysterious Something buried by the 7 Grimm Crusaders in the Black Forest, as if not a religious practitioner but hedging his bets under those circumstances.

Just my random thoughts on the "different church altogether" remark...late in the game but as we near the end of the show, I find myself musing back on details like this!