Baptist Church
You may be thinking of the Congregationalist Church, although there are many "non-denominational" congregations who would fit these parameters.
I believe that the Baptist denomination also allowed African Americans before the Civil War as well.
protestant ...after the protestant reformation...but catholic before it....I think Henry changed it because his wife would bear him no male children and he wanted a divorce but the catholic church did not allow it. so he changed the religion and they were alot of bad thing going on too...
marriage is not a sin and no matter what religion you are in it is not a sin against God to Mary out side your chosen religion or denomination. the sin is sex before marrige but most religions just think it wiser to marry in your own religion to keep from temptation and so you have the same religious goals.
equality of opportunity and equality before the law
1. Equality before the law. (Motto of the state of Nebraska.)
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St. Patrick was born about 1200 years before Luther went on his rampage that started the Protestant Reformation.
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Protestant Christianity
Each denomination and sect within the denomination may and probably do have their own standards to achieve before becoming a Pastor. Suggest you ask your local Church.
Well, he came much before the "reformation", but he nonetheless reformed the Catholic Church in his time. He opposed purgatory, transubstantiation and the authority of the Pope -even translated the New Testament into French from Latin, which was huge. Today - the Waldensians still exist even as an evangelical protestant denomination