Catholicism versus Protestantism down the centuries

Just to season that statement a little, the principal reason behind the founding of the Church of England (one of the world's largest protestant denominations) was that our king at the time wanted a divorce, so that he could bonk somebody else - so he wasn't quite one of the divinely inspired brigade.(Still, Martin Luther et al were probably of slightly greater integrity, so I won't make too much out of the quibble).

That was pretty much where I (and Rahvin) were coming from. The history of Protestantism (and particularly its relationship with the Catholic Church) isn't completely the heroic picture you rather lyrically painted in the initial post.

Can I just clarify something with you please kofh2u - you are presumably aware that the scale on the y-axis of the graph you provided in message 104 is different from the scale on the y-axis of the graph you provided in message 101 by a factor of 10 ? (And yet purports to show (roughly) the same data).

Carefully. Really, really carefully.

I do like the use of capitals Faith - I like the emphasis and the conviction it shows.But I thought I'd examine this particular use of capitals, because I had a recollection it was wrong: Did you catch this story (it was a few years ago, but your use of the capitalised "NEVER" suggested to me that you'd fully researched this): Pope says sorry for sins of church | World news | The Guardian(I've just remembered that we don't debate by link on EVC, so just to clarify, this is a story where Pope John Paul II apologised for the inquisition and a bunch of other attrocities committed by the RC church over the years. So your use of NEVER (particularly in its emphasised and capitalised form), appears incorrect).Edited by vimesey, : Remembered to follow guidelines