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Because this is the phrase protestants use for the current state of "ecumenism," which they of course think is fine, since they don't believe in visible unity.
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When the Spanish prisoners were asked by some of the English what their intentions were, had their expedition succeeded, they replied, "To extirpate the whole from the island, at least all heretics (as they called the protestants,) and to send their souls to hell."
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Since there are no Irish protestants, that is gone.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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The old church is the mother, and the protestants are the lewd daughters.
Latest Articles The Evangelization Station 2010
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The old church is the mother, and the protestants are the lewd daughters.
Latest Articles The Evangelization Station 2010
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This is ironic, since this country was mostly founded by "protestants", seeking religious freedom which the Catholic Church and other institutionalized state churches denied them in Europe.
Supreme Court may have no Protestant justices for first time in history 2010
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Also, as the Geneva Bible waned in popularity and the "protestants" in England began using the KJV, there was an increasing objection to its presence for it had not been printed in the Geneva Bible.
Apocrypha in the 1611 King James Version Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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Also, as the Geneva Bible waned in popularity and the "protestants" in England began using the KJV, there was an increasing objection to its presence for it had not been printed in the Geneva Bible.
Archive 2008-01-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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Inglis was put forward by the "protestants," and was returned by 755 votes against 609.
The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) John Knight Fotheringham 1867
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Historically, Lutherans are the first "protestants," having protested at the second Diet of Speyer in 1529.
internetmonk.com 2009
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