Quote Originally Posted by Conradus View Post
Nor any public offices for Roman Catholics, fines if you let your house be used for religious practices etc. It's not because Catholics weren't burned at the stake, that they were free. By our definitions, the Dutch Republic suppressed Catholicism.
Surpressed the Vatican, but catholics weren't harmed. The catholic church was a political power that was cut off because of the war with Spain and that remained, but catholics were allowed to practise, but discretely.