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Protestantism in Spain has been boosted by immigration, but remains a small testimonial force among native Spaniards (1%). Spain has been seen as a graveyard for foreign missionaries (meaning lack of success) among Evangelical Protestants. Protestant churches claim to have about 1,200,000 members. Other Irreligion and atheism
The end result was that at the beginning of 1570 the Protestant Reformation in Spain had been effectively snuffed out. Even Englishmen who happened to be in Spain were arrested, tortured and if found guilty, were burned to death. After 1570 only a few in scattered places were accused of Lutheranism and burned.
The last official census conducted by the Justice Ministry’s Observatory of Religious Pluralism found 1.96% of Spain’s population was Protestant in 2018 — more than 900,000 people. That’s up from 96,000 tallied in 1998. The steady growth of the Protestant population coincides with a steady drop in the number of churchgoing Catholics.
THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT IN SPAIN was not of overwhelming. importance, but it is no longer good enough to dismiss the subject by attempting. to pass this Protestantism off as mere Erasmianism.1 The presence of genuine Spanish Protestants in Spain during the sixteenth century - without speaking. of exiled Spaniards - is a reality that cannot be ...
A Protestant in Spain today is a second-class citizen. So concludesPulitzer-Prizewinning Reporter Homer Bigart, who last week reported ona month spent in Spain on his way home from a year’s tour ...
When Protestantism appeared in the sixteenth century, it was ruthlessly suppressed. About two hundred Spanish Protestants, including some of high station in church or state, were condemned by the Inquisition.2 The official policy of Catholic unity prevented a religious division. The ideal of Catholic unity in Spain was threatened and partially
Nov 11, 2022 · Spain’s war on the Reformation was a war for the future of Europe, in which the Spanish Inquisition was the most effective weapon. This war, led by Charles V and Philip II was in the end a triumphant failure: Spain remained Catholic, but its enemies embraced Protestantism in an enduring way, even as Spain’s vision for a global monarchy ...
