Prim but punchy: France's Protestants.(the 400th anniversary of the edict of Nantes, giving freedom to the Huguenots, finds most of France still viewing Protestants as somewhat quaint and morally austere)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | April 18, 1998 | Copyright

PARIS

"I'M A Catholic, not a Protestant, you know!" This was the retort of prickly Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the extreme-right National Front, when he was quizzed about the "errors" he might have made during one of his election campaigns. "I'm not used to the mental gymnastics of self-criticism!" he explained.

In France, Protestantism, in the public mind, is almost synonymous with austerity and moral rigour; something to be respected, but not always liked. The Catholic who goes to confession "comes to terms without difficulty with his little sins and white ...

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