"Santorum notes that America was founded upon a Christian philosophy but “the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant one.”
“We look at the shape of mainline protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it,” he concludes.
...it will take a few days for the repercussions of the story to make their presence fully felt, but that a Catholic is once again facing questions about their relation to Protestantism is not a new story in American politics.
...Santorum argued that Satan was using the national debate over abortion as a tool to destroy the institutions of American culture — including universities, the government, popular culture, and mainline Protestant churches.
...Santorum is a devout Roman Catholic.
“Once the colleges fell, and those who were being educated in our institutions,” he said during the speech, “the next was the church. Now you’d say, ‘Well, wait, the Catholic Church?’ No.”
“We all know that this country was founded on a Judeo-Christian ethic, but the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant Judeo-Christian ethic.
Sure, the Catholics had some influence, but this was a Protestant country and the Protestant ethic.
Mainstream, mainline Protestantism.
...“That great acidic quality of time corrodes away even the strongest foundations,” Santorum said. “And Satan has done so by attacking the great institutions of America.”
Daily Caller
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