So would Francis Turretin and John Calvin, of course.

YouTube – Reformation Italy: Apostles’ Creed.

When Schaff came to North America in the first half of the nineteenth century, he found Protestant leaders were seriously proffering “trail of blood” historical revisionism. They tried to claim Protestantism did not come from a break with elements of, and reformation of, the Medieval church but from an “underground” succession of splinter groups.

Off the cuff side note: I’ll bet this man has seen a lot of corrupt persecution through Roman Catholic influence in Italy. I’ll many would find that to be great ammunition for Protestantism. Personally, since I don’t believe the Vatican is truly the ruler of anything, I think that is about as convincing as arguing that I should renounce my US citizenship because Obama is in office (not unthinkable but not conclusive either). We should use better arguments. We have many.

Off the cuff side note 2: Even if he is facing RC opposition, I have a hard time imagining that really matters in Italy. Just have a lot of children, catechize them (Heidelburg yay!), and wait for the coming Islamic persecution. Italy is depopulating itself of anyone else.