Because modern Protestants have not only forgotten what Rome was, what she is, and what she will forever be; the most irreconcilable and powerful enemy of the Gospel of Christ; but they consider her almost as a branch of the church whose corner stone is Christ.
—Charles Chiniquy [1] (1809-1899, Former Roman Catholic [2] priest, temperance reformer, Presbyterian [3] minister, and author).
Links:
[1] https://www.azquotes.com/author/33703-Charles_Chiniquy
[2] https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/organizations/CA38539
[3] https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/organizations/PR38318