Protestantism

When the early Christians were determining what books of the Old Testament should be regarded as sacred, they were uncertain as to which ones the Jews had included in their canon, there being little in the way of cordial communication between Jews and Christians. The Christian Church therefore relied on the Septuagint (LXX) as its main authority on the matter, since the LXX was an early Greek translation of Hebrew religious books.

It is believed that the Hebrew canon was established at the Council of Jamnia in 96 CE. Several of the Septuagint books were omitted and some others had material removed, that the Jews recognised as not original to those books.

After the Protestant Reformation, the Protestants decided to revise the Old Testament canon in line with the Jewish canon, although the other works were still considered worthy of study. Indeed, the first edition of the King James Bible did include the deleted books, now known as the Apocrypha (Hidden books). The Catholic Church retains the books, but considers them as Deuterocanonical. The Orthodox Churches also have a history of including a similar, but slightly different set of books as the Catholic Church.

The fruits or sweets on the christingle orange represent the fruits of the earth and the earth's riches God has blessed the world with.

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The biggest problem for a demon is that it does not exist - all other problems pale in comparison. The Heavenly Father.

The weakness of a demon is dependant upon the inventors of his comic book character just as in Batman/Superman/Spiderman and their respective super villains.

Buffy the vampire slayer may have more information regarding the weakness of demons and how to destroy them.

Presbyterians, Catholics, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses are all Christian denominations. They all believe in Jesus Christ and in the Bible, although their definitions of exactly who Jesus was are different, and the Bible versions that they use are different.

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There's plenty of evidence for a young Earth, in addition to religious tradition. You're unaware of this evidence because the schools keep it quiet. The following is just a small sampling of what you could find with a little research.

1) Evolutionists believe it must have taken millions of years for layers of strata to form but they can also be caused by catastrophes (a huge amount of stratum was laid down at the Mt. St. Helen eruption in just five hours).

2) Creationists see the "survival of the fittest" and the dating of rock layers by fossils as being perfect tautologies.

3) "Radiometric techniques may not be the absolute dating methods that they are claimed to be. Age-estimates on a given geological stratum by different radiometric methods are often very different. There is no absolutely reliable long-term radiological clock. The uncertainties inherent in radiometric dating are disturbing to geologists and evolutionists." William D. Stansfield, Ph.D., Instructor of Biology, California Polytechnic State University.

4) "Even total rock systems may be open during metamorphism and may have their isotopic systems changed, making it impossible to determine their geologic age." Prof. Gunter Faure (Department of Geology, The Ohio State University, Columbus.)

5 a). At current rates of erosion the amount of sea-floor sediments actually found do not support a "billions of years" age for the Earth.

b) The amount of Sodium Chloride in the sea, also, is a small fraction of what the "old Earth" theory would postulate.

c) The Earth's magnetic field is decaying too fast to extrapolate a long age for the Earth.

d) The rate of accumulation of Moon-dust has been measured; and the amount of dust on the Moon was found to be vastly less than what scientists had predicted before the Moon-landings.

e) Helium is generated by radioactive elements as they decay. The escape of this helium into the atmosphere can be measured. According to the Evolutionary age of the Earth there should be much more helium in the atmosphere, instead of the 0.05% that is actually there.

The principal Protestant Churches have many similar beliefs to the Roman Catholic Church. Protestantism really began as a movement to reform Christianity, not to break away and create new beliefs. For example, Martin Luther, a Catholic priest and professor of theology, at first only wished to reform the practice of selling indulgences, a practice that he believed was corrupting the Church. After his excommunication, he formed the church which became known as the Lutheran Church, beginning the Protestant Movement. Protestants believe in the Holy Trinity, and in life hereafter. Protestants do not believe in praying to saints, the use of indulgences or the existence of purgatory. They believe that absolution of sins can be obtained by prayer alone. Catholics believe that grave (mortal) sins need to be confessed to a priest, and like Protestants, they believe that minor, venial sins may be confessed directly through prayer. Protestants believe in salvation by faith alone (Sola fide) rather than by faith plus its resulting good works of charity. They believe that the sacrifice of Christ was sufficient for salvation. Protestants follow essentially the same Bible as Catholics minus the Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Jesus and the Apostles used the Old Testament with the seven books in question included. Years after the crucifiction, Jewish leaders, wanting to distance themselves from the emerging Christians, removed seven books. They kept the books written in Hebrew, and discarded the ones written in Greek. Today's Protestants use the shorter Jewish version of the OT. Catholics use the longer OT that was in use at the time of Christ. The ideas of praying for the dead, and of a place of purging before ultimate entry into heaven are contained within these books. The longer version was used by all Christians until the time of the Reformation. Protestants believe that Scripture alone is all that is necessary for spiritual guidance (Sola scriptura). Catholics believe that the use of Scripture plus Tradition ( ideas and practices passed down from the time of the Apostles and the founding fathers) is needed. Protestants and Catholics observe the same major feasts. Catholics observe seven sacraments and Protestants only observe the sacraments of baptism and communion. Protestants believe that communion is to be viewed as "symbol" only. Catholics believe that the bread and wine, during the Consecration at the Mass become the body and blood of Christ, as in the Last Supper. Protestants and Catholics have more in common than not. There are thousands of different Protestant denominations, each with slightly different beliefs and practices. All Catholics, whether of the Latin (western), Eastern, or other "Rite", share a common set of beliefs.

Arguably Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists and some other Christian groups are also Protestant, however there a greater differences to which the above does not apply.

Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin

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"The Lord's Supper" can refer either to the story of the Passover or the tradition of taking Communion.

The story of the Passover is fairly simple: Jesus and his disciples came to Jerusalem as was Jewish custom to celebrate the Passover. The celebration lasted multiple days, I believe it was a week. On the night of Passover dinner, Jesus sat at the table with his disciples and ate with them.

"26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, 'Take, eat, this is my body.' 27 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.'" (Matt. 26:26-28 NET)

It is from this that we take the tradition of communion. Paul talks about it in 1 Corinthians 13:17-34, this being the main part:

"For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." (1 Cor. 13:23-26)

Catholics, from my understanding, have the tradition that the bread and juice actually becomes the flesh and blood of Jesus. Protestants, on the other hand, hold it as just a tradition for us to remember Jesus' sacrifice. The bread is bread and the juice is juice, and are only symbolic for the flesh and blood of Jesus.

However, it is clear that one should not eat and drink for the purpose of eating and drinking.

"For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup. For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself. That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world." (1 Cor. 11:27-32)

The Christian who "eats the bread or drinks of the cup" has to be careful to do so in a reverent manner, in remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice (with "careful regard for the body") otherwise they will be judged for disrespecting the sacrifice that Jesus made for them on the cross.

They did nothing to change women role subordinate role in society

You'll want to do a search under "Protestant Reformation" to get a complete answer to this. Martin Luther was the first of the leaders of the reformation. He is famous for nailing up his 95 theses on why the Catholic church was wrong. He lived from 1483-1546.

The main differences between tradition church and a evangielical church is that the tradition church are happy with the same congregation, the other churches go and invite people to their services.

The Irish frequently refer to the conflict in Northern Ireland as "the troubles".

Protestants did indeed believe in good works. However, they did not believe one could earn forgiveness through good works alone.

Saul (Paul) broke more than one. On the road to Damascus Christ asked him why Saul was persecuting Him. That was a turning point in Saul's life. Saul was blinded by being in Christ's light. Saul could have been bitter for being blinded but he wasn't. He was grateful he was shown the light.

Zwingli was carrying a banner in a war and was struck down by an enemy

There is only one Rapture, not 7.

Protestant Unionist Party ended in 1971.

He certainly is alive and healtier than anyone I've ever seen at his age (I believe 84 or 85). His ministry that's based in Akron Ohio keeps expanding as it sends missionaries around the world and broadcasts his program even into China. I received a miracle for my spine when he prayed for me years ago. God completely healed my damaged spine and I'm still good today. It was actually a bit unbelieveable at the time, but I certainly don't doubt anymore that God can use someone with a lot of faith like Ernest Angley to pray for others. He seems to really live what he preaches and doesn't live in luxury. Check out his website for more information: ernestangley.org

Lent was not made, per say......

But, Jesus life leading up to his Passion was Lent. It happened 2,000 years ago and continues to be celebrated today!

Hope this helps at least a little bit! Keep posting if not!

Lutheranism, set up by Martin Luther in 1555 when he protested against the Roman Catholic church.

Anabaptists believe that a person can only be Baptized upon valid confession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus they do not Baptize infants and so have this in common with what the Baptists teach. The word anabaptist is really a derogatory label (meaning to Baptize again) given them by their opponents who believed in infant Baptism such as the Roman Catholics and Lutherans and so they were seen as applying a second Baptism as most of their followers (except a few that grew up as such) would have been Baptized as babies. I would say that the above answer is true, as baptists come from anabaptists, who baptized the christened, though we, as baptists, are only baptized once, as the catholic christening is not as popular as it was in the old days.