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Matters of Life and Death
Historical Protestant Attack on Catholicism
A long-standing Protestant attack on Catholicism dates back to the Galileo affair in the 17th century, leading to Protestant propaganda against Catholicism. In the 19th century, secularists adopted Protestant anti-Catholicism and directed it against Christianity and religion at large. This strategy backfired on Protestants when their own weapon was used against them. John William Draper's influential book in 1876 focused heavily on criticizing Catholicism, using it as a lens to interpret the previous 2000 years of history.
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