Protestant Project: Five Hundred Years Later

... system of values designed to overcome medieval theocentricism. It is difficult to imagine a European in the 16th century who does not believe in God. But it was in the 16th century that active trade and entrepreneurial activity gained a foothold in Europe. The dogmatic Christianity of the Middle Ages had led the European people into a dead end: the Church condemned the accumulation of wealth and riches and, as is well known, “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to ...