Sentences with phrase «protestant towns and villages»

In predominantly Protestant towns and villages, going to the Catholic church was second best, but better than no religion at all.

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Educated clergy were essential to the challenge to Catholic authority, and for centuries in Protestant countries, including the Protestant colonies in America, clergy typically were the best educated persons in a town or village.
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