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Protestantism
Generally associated with the protests against the Catholic Church and its methods, Protestants follow Jesus Christ. One of the early scholars to lead the break from the established church was Martin Luther. If you have questions about anything to do with Protestantism, this is place to ask them.
1,475 Questions
Could protestant priests marry in 1517?
no
EDIT:
1517 was the year the idea of a different Christian church came about. Therefore, there were no Protestants yet.
What were the three colonial regions?
The three regions of the thirteen colonies are the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Within the New England colonies were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, And Rhode Islands. The Middle Colonies included Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. The Southern Colonies Included North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland.
What is the advantage of lent?
The Catholic Church and many other Christians Churches follow the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.
By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
This season of penance is an intense moment of the Church's penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.
The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches also observe the season of Lent. Many modern Protestant Churches consider the observation of Lent to be a choice, rather than an obligation.
Why do some Christians raise their hands in church?
i think it's something to with the fact that they believe God is in Heaven and so they raise their hands to reach out to him, show that they believe he is there or to praise him. it could be a mix or all of these :).
Answer
The majority of Christians do not do this. Raising one's arms in the air is much more common in more charismatic churches of many denominations, but is partially absent in many denominations - and totally absent in some.
The practice stems from wishing to use the whole body to praise God. This is seen in some churches (eg in the African Church especially) in the use of dance to express praise - or even drama. Others, such as the Methodist Church and the Salvation Army use rousing hymns and songs that are sung with great gusto to praise God. Others might even use simple, contemplative silent prayer such as the Quakers. Others, such as the Anglican Church, use high quality instrumental music and singing (such as that seen in Anglican cathedrals) to praise God. In fact there are as many ways of praising God, it seems, as the number of people wishing to praise him. It just so happens that one practice - raising your arms - is just another manifestation of that praise. If you don't raise your arms in church (like I don't) that does not mean that you are praising God any less than those that do because it is what is in one's heart that matters and not one's posture. However, some feel that this is their expression of praise whilst others do not - it's just a matter of with what you are comfortable.
Leaders of the early church were the apostles. Also, according to studies, paintings on Roman catacombs suggested that the early leaders of the churches were, surprisingly, women as well as men. Which proves that the idea of woman not able to be ordained was invented in a much later time.
What were John Calvin's basic beliefs on God's will?
John Calvin believed in the infallibility of the Scripture. He set forth the doctrine that was latter summarized by the Cannons of Dort, and the 5 Points of Calvinism:
1 Total Depravity.
2 Unconditional Election.
3 Limited Atonement.
4 Irresistible Grace
5 Preservation or Perseverance of the Saints.
Why did Calvinism spread more rapidly than the Lutheran religion?
it had the means of spreading its ideas, e.g. missionaries from Calvins academy in Geneva, and also the Geneva printing press made easy distribution of ideas.
Calvins church also had the structural support, unlike luther. Calvinist followers could set up their own private worship (conventicles), which then escalated into parish counsels etc. This made it possible for independants to practise calvinism. Luther had no structure behind his ideas which made it hard for followers to worship without looking for superior guidance.. if you get my drift....
Do Protestants believe in hell?
The vast majority of Protestants do not believe in purgatory.
The historical reason for this is twofold. First, the idea of purgatory was a contributing factor in the corruption of the Church in selling indulgences which led to Martin Luther nailing his theses to the church door at Wittenberg, thus beginning the Reformation.
Second, the idea pf Purgatory, Protestants believe, is unBiblical; there is no evidence scripturally that Purgatory exists. On the contrary, they regard Purgatory as against everything Christ stood for, his teachings, his idea of salvation by faith in him alone, and not by what we - or anyone else - can do, say - or pay.
As Protestants seem to place a greater emphasis on evidential scripture and less on the (what they see as man-made) teachings of the Church, the vast majority cannot accept Purgatory to have any basis in fact whatsoever.
Differences between Anglican church and Protestant Church?
The Anglican Church (which began with the Church of England) IS a Protestant church, according to its basis of faith (the 39 Articles). Much Anglo-Catholic practice contradicts these articles.
Who are the four horsemen in the AME church?
the four horsemen is none other than the anti-Christ. they are all symbolic.
the bow, the sword e.t.c are all symbolic the for men is the anti-christ.
the four horses are the powers governed by the anti-Christ.
Why do Catholics bless themselves and Protestants don't?
The Catholic cross them self because is a way to start a prayer
The words that go along with are "in the father, the son and the holy spirit.
Its also continued tradition.
Protestants do 'bless' themselves or rather they ask God to bless them. As in the answer above, it is also called prayer. We pray about any situation whether thanking God or asking His help for ourselves (petition) or help for others ( intercession ). We just don't
'cross ourselves' as the Roman Catholics do.
The Church that Jesus Christ established began on the day of Penecost 33 AD. Note: This is not the catholic or protestant churches nor was it any other manmade church. But THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
What do evangelical people believe in?
Evangelical refers to the fact that they try to seek disciples. They believe that everyone is born under the curse of sin and that others need to accept that they are sinners, that Jesus is the son of God who was sent to be sacrificed for sinners, and invite Christ into their lives. Then the Holy Spirit will take over that person's life, and the person is no longer under the curse of sin. Yes, they still, sin, but the motives change. There's a difference between actively rebelling and slipping up. They believe that unredeemed sinners will go to Hell and the Lake of Fire as punishment and that Christians have a duty to reach as many as they can with the Gospel so they won't perish.
What kind of beliefs belong to Episcopalian?
They use the Book of Common Prayer in their church services. They are in Communion with the Church of England, and believe certain basics of Christian belief. They share a common structure as the Catholic Church, and retain some of the rituals of Catholicism.
How is Lent connected to Jesus' forty days in the wilderness?
Mark 1:13 tells the story of Jesus going into the wilderness for forty days immediately after his baptism by John. He was ministered by angels, an allusion to Elijah (1 Kings 19:5-7) who was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days. There is no actual suggestion that Jesus fasted for this time, but those familiar with the story of Elijah are likely to have assumed he did do so. This brings into play another allusion, to Moses when (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets.
Matthew and Luke follow the allusion to Elijah in a subtly different way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days, just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. In this version, the further allusion to Exodus 34:28 is more readily recognised.
How is the episcopalian church different from the Catholic Church?
The Episcopal church is both catholic and reformed at the same time, holding onto catholicity of the early church all the while seeing this through the enlightenment of the Reformation. Some of the primary differences of the Episcopal church are rejection of the idea that the Bishop of Rome (Pope) has primary authority over the Church Universal, clergy can marry, transsubtantiation of Eucharist is not mandatory doctrine, females can be ordained as priests in most dioceses and provinces, much less centralized control by church hierarchy, lay persons have far greater involvement in church administration and leadership, bishops are generally elected (as opposed to being appointed by a central authority), and there's a system of governance that is similar to our federal structure with bicameral houses and a presiding bishop.
Which of the following helped spread Protestantism throughout Europe?
The invention of the printing press
What rules are there for pentacostal people?
1. Don't kill someone.
2. Don't eat dead animals you find in the road.
3. When someone cuts you off in traffic, see #1.
4. When you run over a raccoon, see #2.
5. be nice.
Why do people speak in tongues in some churches but not in other churches?
Different people experence the power of the Holy Spirit in different ways. This was pointed out by Saint Paul in 1Corinthians 12:27-31, where he mentions various spiritual gifts such as the ability to heal, or to prophesy, or to speak in tongues. These are just different ways in which the Holy Spirit reveals its presence within someone. As Paul suggests, one gift of the spirit is no better or no worse than another gift of the spirit.
However, different churches have different traditions about how people should behave during worship services. In some churches worshippers try to remain quiet so as not to disturb or distract the people around them. But in other churches the worshippers feel less restraint, and urged by the power of the spirit, some of them may begin to speak in tongues.
Before Jesus ascended to Heaven, he told his original followers that they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit. And modern Christians can be baptized in the same way. The gift of tongues is just one of the powers that the spirit may give them.
And just because someone doesn't speak in tongues, that doesn't mean that he or she isn't filled with the spirit. Anyone who believes in Jesus and accepts him as their savior can obtain salvation, regardles of whether the person speaks in tongues.
AnswerPeople get baptised by the Holy Spirit when the Holy Spirit wants when you get baptised so not all Christians can speak in tongues this doesnt mean they wont in the future. Also some people like to speak in tongues in the privacy of their own house so they save it for their house.
Explain how the Catholic Bible differs from the Protestant bible?
The Bibles used by Catholics and Protestants are not the same. The first thing to know is that Catholics have more then the bible to follow. They have a lot of other scriptures to go by as well. Some Catholics don't follow them correctly and other Catholics see that as sin to not follow it (that's the correct way). Like dressing modestly is a big problem right now. people rebel. Catholics and Protestants use the word "apocrypha" differently. There are OT books that are considered apocryphal by all Christian churches, including Catholicism. There are other books, called "Deuterocanonical" by Rome, that are considered part of the canon by Rome, and are considered apocryphal by other Christian churches. These Deuterocanonical books are: Tobit, Judith, First and Second Maccabees, The Book of Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus (NOT to be confused with Ecclesiastes, which is accepted as canonical by all Christian churches). Protestant churches do not accept the deuterocanonical books as canonical, and you will not find them in their bibles.
Another difference are the texts from which the translations were made.
The Catholic Bible is sourced primarily from the Latin Vulgate and Codex Vaticanus. The early Protestants used the Textus Receptus. This difference is not so pronounced today with many different versions available for Protestants being sourced from additional texts.
Special note on The Jerusalem Bible:
As biblical scholarship opened up in the mid-20th century, Catholics began to pay more attention. The Dominican Biblical School in Jerusalem was called upon by a French publisher (Editions du Cerf) to rise to the occasion and produce a French translation from the best available texts. The result was a single-volume translation of the entire Bible in 1956 known popularly as La Bible de Jerusalem. This French version, of very good quality with full textual critical aparatus of a very scholarly nature, was translated into English. But the English was not simply taken from the original French. Some books were first drafted from the French into English and then compared word for word with the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and other books were drafted into English from the ancient texts first and then compared word for word with the French. The desire was to be as completely faithful to the original texts as possible, while preserving the intent and scholarship of the original French materials.
The General Editor of the English translation effort was Alexander Jones, and those who are not aware of this will be fascinated to learn that among the major contributors to the work was J. R. R. Tolkien of literary fame.
This English version is called The Jerusalem Bible, and it contains the standard books of the Catholic canon. Notes are paraphrased from the first (I believe) English publication; Doubleday, Garden City New York, 1966.
AnswerBible translations developed for Catholic use are complete Bibles. This means that they contain the entire canonical text identified by Pope Damasus and the Synod of Rome (382) and the local Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397), contained in St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation (420), and decreed infallibly by the Ecumenical Council of Trent (1570). This canonical text contains the same 27 NT Testament books which Protestant versions contain, but 46 Old Testament books, instead of 39. These 7 books, and parts of 2 others, are called Deuterocanonical by Catholics (2nd canon) and Apocrypha (false writings) by Protestants, who dropped them at the time of the Reformation. The Deuterocanonical texts are Tobias (Tobit), Judith, Baruch, Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), Wisdom, First and Second Maccabees and parts of Esther and Daniel. Some Protestant Bibles include the "Apocrypha" as pious reading.As a side note:
The Bible is the most preserved work of literature in our history. In fact, there are approximately 5,600 original manuscripts still today. When the Catholic church translated into English in 1966, it used as many of the original texts as there were. What is most interesting is that in 1415 AD, Erasus translated to English using 5 copies of a German translation. Then King James used Erasus translation to come up with the KJV of the bible. Ever wonder why there are differences???? These differences are very minor other than the KJV not including the Apocrypha as God had originally inspired. If we all agree that the Bible is inspired by God, then how can we as man decide later that those books we don't agree with are not?
Roman Catholic Answer
It was Protestantism that removed these "deuterocanonical" books from the Bible, many centuries later. And contrary to the myth, the early Church did indeed accept these books as Scripture.
The seven disputed books are: Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (or Sirach), and Baruch. Catholic Bibles also include an additional six chapters (107 verses) in Esther and three chapters (174 verses) in Daniel.
According to major Protestant scholars and historians, in the first four centuries Church leaders (e.g. St. Justin Martyr, Tertullian, St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, St. Cyprian, St. Irenaeus) generally recognized these seven books as canonical and scriptural, following the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament, following the Council of Rome (382), and general consensus, finalized the New Testament canon while also including the deutercanon, in lists that were identical to that of the Council of Trent (1545-1563).
There's a scholarly consensus that this canon was pretty much accepted from the fourth century to the sixteenth, and indeed, the earliest Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament: the Codes Sinaiticus (fourth century) and Codex Alexandrinus (c. 450) include the (unseparated) deuterocanonical books. The Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran did not contain Esther, but did contain Tobit.
According to Douglas and Geisler, Jamnia (first century Jewish council) was not an authoritative council, but simply a gathering of scholars, and similar events occurred afterward. In fact, at Jamnia the canonicity of books such as Ester, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon was also disputed. Since both Protestants and Catholics accept these books today, this shows that Jamnia did not "settle" anything. The Jews were still arguing about the canonicity of the books mentioned earlier and also Proverbs into the early second century.
And St. Jerome's sometimes critical views on these books are not a clear-cut as Protestants often make them out to be. In his Apology Against Rufinus (402) for example, he wrote:
When I repeat what the Jews say against the story of Susanna and the the Hymn of the Three Children, and the fables of Bel and the Dragon, which are not contained in the Hebrew Bible, the man who makes this a charge against me proves himself to be a fool and a slanderer; for I explained not what I thought but what they commonly say against us (Apology Against Rufinus, book II, 33)
Significantly, St. Jerome included the deuterocanonical books in the Vulgate, his Latin translation of the Bible, (And he defended the inspiration of Judith in a preface to it.) All in all, there is no clear evidence that St. Jerome rejected these seven books, and much to suggest that he accepted them as inspired Scripture, as the Catholic Church does today. But St. Jerome (like any Church father) does not have the final authority in the Church. He's not infallible. The historical evidence, all things considered, strongly supports the Catholic belief that these books are inspired and thus indeed part of Holy Scripture
from The One-Minute Apologist by Dave Armstrong; Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2007
The main difference is the books presented in the Bible. Catholic Bibles contains the Deuterocanonical (or "second canon") books. If the Protestant Bible contains these they will refer to them as the Apocrypha.
Do Protestants believe in the trinity?
They know there is a pope, believe in him no. There is only one Holy Father and he is Jesus. Do you think The pope would die for our sins. When jesus walked among the people he did not use a pope mobile. And the protestant's bible have pictures of God not the pope!
What is the most religious city in America?
Saudi Arabia is likely to be the most religious state in terms of the strength of faith amongst it's population followed by other Muslim majority countries like yemen, Pakistan etc.
