After 500 years, Europe’s Reformation scars have all but healed, study finds
Pew Research Center says theological differences have disappeared to degree that might have shocked Christians in past
by Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent
Aug 31, 2017
2 minutes
Five centuries after the Reformation triggered a series of long and bloody religious wars across Europe, modern-day Protestants and Catholics believe they have more in common theologically than they do differences, and most would be willing to accept each other as neighbours and family members.
“Theological differences that split western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in
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