Protestantism And Catholicism in Their Bearing Upon the Liberty And Properity of
Protestantism And Catholicism in Their Bearing Upon the Liberty And Properity of
Emile De Laveleye
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In truth, to be talked about is but a hollow advantage. The point of honour loses its efficacy as a rule of conduct as soon as a man has strength of mind enough to grasp 3 2 RESULTS OF PROTESTANTISM it. Moreover, public opinion may be perverted, and in such a case cannot be invoked in favour of virtue. Nearly all French writers have exalted the Renais- sance at the cost of the Reformation, because, being broader in its views, it brought more complete emancipation to humanity. The facts do not b...ear this out. The countries which have embraced the Reformation are decidedly in advance of those which have stopped short at the Renaissance. This is because the Reformation had within itself a moral force which was denied to the Renaissance. Now moral force, coupled with science, is the source of the prosperity of nations. The Renaissance was a return to antiquity, the Reformation a return to the Gospel. The Gospel, being superior to the tradition of antiquity, was sure to yield better fruits.
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