Religions of France.
It is stated that the number of Protestants in France is at present 550,000, of whom 350,000 belong to the Reformed Church, 50,000 are Evangelicans, and 180,000 are divided between Independents, Methodists, Baptist?, etc. Comparing the figures with the general population, it appears that there is in France one Protestant to every sixtythree Catholics. The State .pays 782 Protestant pastors, although the total number of the latter is as high as 906, of whom by far the greater number (699) belong to the Reformed Church. Paris counts 40,000 Protestants of all sects, and no less than 44 buildings devoted to Protestant services. It has been reckoned that, counting the subsidy paid to the pastors, each Protestant costs the State 50 cents and each Catholic only 25 cents.— "Brooklyn Eagle."
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 82, 27 December 1884, Page 4
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132Religions of France. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 82, 27 December 1884, Page 4
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