Word: protestantitis
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¶ In the struggle between the two systems, the capitalist powers have three lines of strategy. They must: 1) try to turn the social-democratic parties and non-Communist trade unions into allies; 2) strengthen the Catholic and Protestant Churches and Islam; 3) encourage fascism "in a veiled form." The...
Violence & Faith. To affable, middle-aged Protestant Bishop Ruesga the incident was just an incident in the continuous, often violent conflict between Mexico's 20,000,000 Catholics and 180,000 Protestants. To the Catholic Archbishop of Mexico, Luis María Martínez, the tragedy at Santiago...
Bearers of the Word. In the rear of his church Bishop Ruesga trains a small class of earnest young Indians to become evangélicos-Protestant teachers. His Church of God, though one of Mexico's smaller Protestant sects, is noted for its missionary zeal.
Most important activity of the leading Protestant groups in Mexico (Presbyterians, Methodists and Baptists) is teaching the Mexicans to read and distributing copies of the Bible at minimum cost. Catholics are not pleased with the fact that Indians can buy a well-made Protestant Bible for 6½ pesos ($1.35...
Mexican Catholic clergy tend to view the weak Protestant competition as a U.S. plot for domination of Mexico, financed by lavish quantities of gringo gold. Said one priest last week: Protestant missionaries, who have been dispensing medicine, clothing, etc., are like the British missionaries in Ireland during the famine of...