Two answers come to mind, the first being to strip away most of the authority which self proclaimed priests gave to themselves. Second to make The Bible available to all citizens so that they could read it for themselves and to be inspired by the Holy Spirit which parts where of much worth to them. A person could have been put to death if found to have a bible in their possession.
To a certain extent some of the clergy still hold to these self same ideologues today.
This will happen whenever somebody thinks something isn't handled correctly. For example, this may be the result of people thinking that the current way things are handled doesn't agree with the Bible, or that something isn't fair.
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They are nominally more than 2 billion Christians but not all of them are active to go to the church.
You can go to church and not be baptized, but to be recognized as a Christian to the church you have to be baptized.
Many of them have many misunderstandings about what the Church teaches.
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The official place of worship for Christians is the church. The Jews worship in a synagogue.
An unaffiliated Christian is a Christian who does not have a denomination nor a membership in a church. Unaffiliated Christians will attend more than one church; unaffiliated Christians will go to one type of church on one Sunday and will go to a different church the following Sunday. I believe that this practice is increasing and it might be because many Christians do not feel that their personal beliefs are compatible with church teachings.
disciples there were 12 In addition to the original 12 Disciples identified in the Gospels, all people through the centuries who have believed in Jesus or who believe now are called Christians. These followers of Jesus can also be called "the Church," "disciples," and "believers." The original 12 are also known as the Twelve Apostles or simply as "the Twelve."
There are many different people who worship in many different places. Many Christians for example choose to worship in a church.
The church leaders were even more committed to apartheid than many of their followers, hence the church became an impediment to political reform.
Methodists are a denomination within Christianity. Being a Methodist means following the teachings and doctrines of the Methodist Church, which is a branch of Protestant Christianity. So, all Methodists are Christians, but not all Christians are Methodists.