07-05-2026, 09:06 AM
III. Protestantism and Protestants.
— Are Protestantism and Protestants one and the same thing? — Not at all. Protestants are men beloved of God like every other man. But Protestantism is a rebellion against truth, a rebellion which God detests, and curses upon earth, as he detested and cursed the rebellion of the angels in heaven. We must love the Protestant, but detest Protestantism; as we must love the sinner, but detest sin.
Protestantism is an evil in its nature. A Protestant is often a very brave man, always immensely above his Protestantism. Generally speaking, he is a Protestant only in name, and the want of religion in him is frequently a consequence of his education, and of his associations, rather than a personal and culpable sentiment.
In my plain talk I do not attack Protestants, I attack Protestantism, which I brand as the arch-enemy of souls. Above all, I pity poor Protestants, a majority of whom are, I believe, in good faith. God will show them mercy, if, in the midst of this great disaster, which is called Protestantism, they honestly endeavor to find out the way of truth.
Protestantism is a deceitful doctrine. Out upon all error!
A Protestant is a man for whom our Saviour has suffered, and for him he died as for every other man: he is a brother whom we are bound to love.
— Are Protestantism and Protestants one and the same thing? — Not at all. Protestants are men beloved of God like every other man. But Protestantism is a rebellion against truth, a rebellion which God detests, and curses upon earth, as he detested and cursed the rebellion of the angels in heaven. We must love the Protestant, but detest Protestantism; as we must love the sinner, but detest sin.
Protestantism is an evil in its nature. A Protestant is often a very brave man, always immensely above his Protestantism. Generally speaking, he is a Protestant only in name, and the want of religion in him is frequently a consequence of his education, and of his associations, rather than a personal and culpable sentiment.
In my plain talk I do not attack Protestants, I attack Protestantism, which I brand as the arch-enemy of souls. Above all, I pity poor Protestants, a majority of whom are, I believe, in good faith. God will show them mercy, if, in the midst of this great disaster, which is called Protestantism, they honestly endeavor to find out the way of truth.
Protestantism is a deceitful doctrine. Out upon all error!
A Protestant is a man for whom our Saviour has suffered, and for him he died as for every other man: he is a brother whom we are bound to love.
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre