Posted on 11/06/2008 7:23:27 AM PST by WesternCulture
I’d be willing to bet that for every Roman Catholic persecuted, abused, or killed in Protestant countries in Gusavus Adolphis’ day, at least 10 Protestants were persecuted, abused, or killed in Roman Catholic dominated countries. The movement toward religious toleration started in Protestant lands—and only later caught on in Roman Catholic dominated places.
To this day, it is far easier to be a Roman Catholic in Sweden, or Saxony(Germany), or England than it is to be a Protestant in much of the Roman Catholic world.
It's a bet you would lose.
The movement toward religious toleration started in Protestant lands—and only later caught on in Roman Catholic dominated places.
No, the movement toward toleration began in border areas, where Catholics and Protestants alike realized that neither was assured of the numbers or resources needed to keep the other in subjection.
To this day, it is far easier to be a Roman Catholic in Sweden, or Saxony(Germany), or England than it is to be a Protestant in much of the Roman Catholic world.
That's a laugh.
Not only is it easier to be a Protestant in the Roman Catholic world than it is to be an observant Roman Catholic in the Protestant world, it is easier to be a Protestant in the Roman Catholic world than it is to be a Protestant in the Protestant world.
In historically Protestant Sweden and in historically Protestant Canada a Roman Catholic priest and a Reformed pastor can both find themselves in legal hot water for denouncing sodomy from the pulpit.
In historically Roman Catholic France or historically Roman Catholic Brazil, a Reformed pastor can speak his opinion in this matter freely, without fear of being brought up on charges.
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