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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.
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Primary sources persecution of the protestants and Catholics?
To get a reasonable answer to your question, you would have to be a lot more specific. Catholics were persecuted relentlessly for the first three centuries by the Roman government and by their neighbors, after the governments became mostly Catholic, persecution mainly came to an end until the protestant heresy came into being 1,200 years later. At that time, some governments became protestant and relentlessly persecuted Catholics, England was a prime example of this, as King Henry VIII turned monks and nuns into the streets, confiscating their property and homes, making their religion illigial and executing those who tried to remain true to their faith. The blood of martyrs, though, as always been the seed of the faith, and this was no less true throughout history. The Creed says that there are four marks by which the true faith is always know: it is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. However, Pope Pius XII, in addressing a group of seminarians, insisted that there was a fifth sign, the following is an extract from Cardinal Kung's homily at this first Mass after being made a Cardinal:
Jesus Christ built His Church on St. Peter, the Rock. The gates of hell cannot prevail against it. This rock is nothing else but our strong faith in Jesus Christ, our great love for Jesus Christ, a love which will lead us not to hesitate to shed our blood and accept execution. Yesterday, we celebrated the great feast of the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. Today, we celebrate the first martyrs of the first three centuries of the Church. However, we must not make the mistake of thinking that the persecution of the Church is an event of past history. No! Never! The Church, from the time of its foundation by Jesus Christ, throughout these two thousand years up to the present time, has always grown and developed amidst persecution. Persecutions began and ended but they never ceased to be a mark of the Church's life.
So we must not be surprised when persecution comes because it is a normal event for the Church to suffer persecution. Once, when Pope Pius XII received a group of seminarians in audience, he asked them how many special signs distinguished the true Church of God. They answered immediately without further thinking, "It is one, holy, catholic and apostolic." The Pope said, "There is still a fifth sign." The seminarians did not know how to answer. The Pope said, "Persecution." So, if the Church enjoyed peace all the time without any persecution, it would be very abnormal. It would be a reason for us to worry and examine ourselves lest anything was going wrong. Perhaps we were not living as faithful disciples of Christ? As persecution must be expected, it comes as a special sign of the Church and we should not try to make compromises or concessions of any kind in order to bring the persecution to an end quickly. We ourselves cannot take the initiative to create or arouse persecution. But if it comes to us one day, not only should we accept it readily from the hand of God but we should even rejoice and be glad. As the Acts of the Apostles records, ."... after they were beaten, the apostles left the Council, full of joy that God had considered them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus." (Acts 1:41)
A Holiness Church is a church that believes there are two woks of grace, the first work is salvation which is forgiveness from your sins, the second work is sanctification which is the removal of the sin nature that causes us to sin. this is called the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Hebrews is the book to read if you want to learn about Holiness!
What do evangelical churches call their priests?
Most protestant churches do not have priests. The person that leads the service is typically called a pastor or minister.
What exactly do Progressive Churches believe?
We believe the verses of the Bible. But for this particular question please refer to John 3:16 and Mathew 28:18-20.
Why are Protestants called Protestants and if Catholics Protest can they be Protestants too?
Protestants are called protestants because they PROTESTED against the catholic church because Henry viii was catholic but he wanted a divorce but the catholics would not let him, so he started his own church( church of England) and they were called the protestants, also you can not be protestant and catholic.
What is the literary form of Ecclesiastes?
There really isn't a sufficient short answer, but an interesting essay has been linked to below that discusses the genre of Ecclesiastes.
Here is the short answer from the essay itself.
The resolution for Ecclesiastes' paradox is found in the very last verses: The answer to whether happiness is better than sorrow is, proverbially, that each is better than the other at various times and by various situations, because life is complex, not simple.
Was it possibly manna from heaven?
"Manna from heaven" are magic mushrooms that grow from the earth after it rains. AS do other mushrooms do when there's rainfall. As the bible describes this mysterious food grew from no where after it rained. So they described it as saying " food rained down from the heavens". One more thing it's a naturally world wide occurence even to this day (9-11-08) for magic mushrooms and other mushrooms to grow right after rain fall or in humid areas.
- "This church confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- This church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe
- Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.
- The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
- The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God's revelation centering in Jesus Christ. Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.
- This church accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
- This church accepts the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this church.
- This church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it In faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
- This church accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
- This church confesses the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God's mission in the world."
Source: http://www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Statements-of-Belief/ELCA-Confession-of-Faith.aspx
Does the protestant church believe in Forgiveness?
Of course it does. The Protestant church consists of many denominations of the Christian church that are all orthodox in their beliefs. As forgiveness after repentance is an important aspect of Christian teaching, forgiveness is not only believed in the Protestant church but is a necessary part of Christian life.
Where can I find First United Methodist church hymns?
The best place to look for United Methodist hymns is in the Methodist Hymnal. If you have a different hymnal, look for hymns written by Charles Wesley. As a last resort, try looking them up online.
When did the Methodist church become united?
There are several mergers in the history of The United Methodist Church.
However, the most recent merger was in 1968, which joined the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Bretheren into The United Methodist Church.
The other well known merger occurred in 1939 when the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South reunited to become The Methodist Church. The previous split had occurred in 1844 over a dispute about slavery.
What age do church of England children take communion?
In England the children take their first communion when they are roughly ten years old.
What restrictions did protestants live under in France?
Protestants in france were not allowed to hold positions under the crown or teach at universities. They could not go to any french colonies. (from 1598-1655, some of these restrictions were suspended.)
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What sets the Episcopal churches apart from other churches?
The Episcopal church was organized after the American Revolution. It opposes the death penalty and supported the civil rights movement. The Roman Catholic church have seven sacraments while the Episcopal church has two sacraments.
Billy Graham is a registered Democrat. Check wikipedia and other public sources.
Lent is part of christian religion. It is a 40 day period, starting Ash Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras, and ending on Easter. during the period, it is custom to give up something important to represent the 40 days spent walking in the desert, as dictated in the Bible.
Protestant worship was in the local language. Catholic worship was in Latin. The protestant congregations sang hymns. The Catholic congregations did not. Since the Lutheran worship service was a translation of the Roman Catholic one before Trent, little difference existed there.
To differentiate between Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East one would use Roman Catholic.
What are the most important short differences between catholics and protestants?
Protestants do not accept the Roman Catholic Church as the final arbiter of the Christian Faith.
Because Protestantism did not really break away from the Catholic religion due to 'beliefs'. They mainly broke away from the 'authority'; and kept the same beliefs in-tact.
Answer:
The "immortal soul" doctrine began in the Garden of Eden:
"...the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die." (Gen.3:4)
It was adopted by the succeeding generations of rebellious man, his world-ruling empires and his religions... all "believing" it to be true, accepting it as unproved fact [and rejecting the Truth of God's Word -- "...the soul that sinneth, it shall die." - Ezek.18:4 & 20 ].
"...thou shalt surely die." (Gen.2:17)
Beginning with the first world empire this side of the flood, Babylon, with its "mystery religion," from which most of today's social and religious customs and traditions stem... the "immortal soul" doctrine thrived [thrives].
Finally, the Greek philosophers wrote it down in their "books of wisdom" and taught it in their academies. And the doctrines of the "immortality of the soul' and other convoluted philosophical teachings were institutionalized by them [and are still taught in today's academies and universities]... and the next world-ruling empire that succeeded them -- Rome -- adopted it and adapted to it; which the deceived world inherited, again, in both its societies and religions.
The Catholic church merely inherited the "immortal soul" doctrine from the Roman Empire... who ultimately inherited it from Babylon... who inherited it from across the flood, where their ancient ancestors first "believed" what they were told by the serpent, and obeyed his voice.
"Protestantism" isn't the result of the beliefs of "one founder." Different people at different times and places separated themselves from the catholic church for this or that reason. That's why we have so many different names of "Protestant denominations" today... like Lutherans, Calvinists, Baptists, as well as more than 400 others.
"Protestantism" didn't reject all of catholicism's beliefs when each one branched off and separated from their "mother." And for the vast majority of them... the doctrine of "the immortality of the soul" was never rejected or a cause of separation.
God's Word has simply never been believed by most people [even religious people]. And still isn't, today.
The serpent's ancient lie is still thriving in the world... believed and cherished by people and cultures everywhere [even alleged "atheist" Chinese "pray" to their "immortal" dead ancestors]. "Protestantism" never gave the "immortal soul" doctrine much thought at all as a reason for "protest," as each one in their own time parted from their "mother." Satan gave it to man from the beginning... man rejected the Truth of God's Word ["...thou shalt surely die..."], and most people "believe" what they're told without proof.
Another Answer:
Because not only the Bible clearly teaches it, it is something that is self-evident to any spiritually conscious individual.
Daniel 12:2 - "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." Mark 9:44 - "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Even from the scientific point of view, we know from the theory of relativity that time is physical property that is affected by mass, velocity and other variables, those physical properties do not apply to our consciousness, which is essentially information, or software not hardware and is not subject to physical laws.
Is the Pyung Kang Che-il Presbyterian Church a cult?
Nope. Your question isn't very clear though, why on the first place it's considered a cult church?
