Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The cardinal's purpose was clear: to soothe lingering Protestant fears about nominating a Roman Catholic for President and to quiet a lingering Catholic feeling that Friend Jack protested too much a month ago in trying to clear himself of the religious issue.
The Cavaliers sang their jaunty When the King Enjoys His Own Again. But from start to finish, "the Parliamentarians encouraged a solemn godliness" that was best expressed by the Roundhead who said: "Is any merry? Let him sing psalms." The exhortation made sense to London's Protestant merchants, who...
No Moving Day. Spain's five Protestant denominations (Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Pentecostals and Plymouth Brethren) are subjected to constant harassment. In the past five months the police have closed five of their churches on technicalities-two in Barcelona and one each in Malaga, Seville and Madrid. Three years ago...
Despite repeated appeals to Franco, Protestants in Spain operate solely on the document issued by Franco's generals after the civil war, granting permission to reopen established Protestant churches. This means that there is no legal authorization for the establishment of a new church, or even for an established...
But the Protestants are free to carry out their simple services unmolested. Pastors speak their minds from their pulpits without fear that there are police observers in the congregation. "Of course not," quipped one nonchurchgoing Spaniard last week. "The police are afraid to send observers into the Protestant churches. They...