I would reply, with some trepidation: “Oh, I think I’m … Protestant?” They would respond in bewilderment: “But don’t you know that the Catholics were first historically?” Gavin ...

The differences between Protestants and Roman Catholics are normally defined in terms of doctrine—papal in fallibility, Marianism, the nature of the church. But there is a difference that lies ...

But the truth, as always, is more complicated. Read on to learn the story of Poland’s Protestants, from the 17th century to today. Though modern-day Poland is rather homogenous, both ethnically and ...

were not always up-to-date with the needs of a nation heading at high speed for the modern world. Reform was in the air, but only a tiny minority at this stage favoured Protestantism and a ...