#protestant

Protestantism developed its sense of identity primarily in response to external threats and criticisms rather than as a result of shared beliefs. In one sense, the idea of "Protestantism" can be seen as the creation of its opponents rather than of its supporters. ↗

— Alister E. McGrath

#protestantism #religion #religion

The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#basis #british #declaration #english #formulate

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

#am #bottom #done #everything #full

I’ve often wondered why the Protestant Reformation took place in Germany, rather than in Poland. Then I realize that Luther had to nail his 95 theses to the church door, and the Poles didn’t know how to operate a hammer. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#church #germany #hammer #lutheran #martin-luther

A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure. ↗

— John Foxe

#being #christian #far #him #jew

I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants. ↗

— James Larkin

#i #kill #protestants #sectarianism #tried

I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#crown #did #gentlemen #honourable #i

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#american #american life #basic #became #britain

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#chief #contribution #god #human #human thought

Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#friends #had #i #lots #protestant