Bastian 1

condemns the use of Protestantism as a catch-phrase¹

amalgamation of the terms Protestantism and sect part of a Catholic polemic. Hence all sects were labelled as Protestant. Claims that this inquisitorial culture was taken forth into Marxist dogma, hence claims of imperialism and "conspiracy theories"²

1JP Bastian, “The Metamorphosis of Latin American Protestant Groups: A Sociohistorical
Perspective,” Latin American Research Review 28:2(1993): 33-61, 33

2JP Bastian, “The Metamorphosis of Latin American Protestant Groups: A Sociohistorical
Perspective,” Latin American Research Review 28:2(1993): 33-61, 33–34.