Catholicism Vs Prothero

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Prothero believes that Protestantism is actually more sexist than Catholicism because, as he states, “it was Catholics who put angels’ wings on women and gave us a litany of female saints. “ Protestants on the other hand, do not really give female visionaries in the church recognition. I think I agree with Prothero’s argument because, although Catholics do not give many rights to females in the church, they do celebrate and recognize the achievements of the women who have good deeds, inside or outside the church. I do not think Catholicism is inherently sexist, I think they just follow the traditional values that were held in the time of the establishment of Christianity. Back when Christianity first started, women did not hold positions of

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