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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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When did Protestants allow women to be vicars?
By Walter Schwarz, religious affairs correspondent Saturday March 12, 1994 Guardian Unlimited The first 32 women priests in the Church of England will be ordained, blessed, hugged and kissed in Bristol Cathedral today, ending 10 years of waiting for an act of equality that continues to infuriate opponents. The women deacons will be ordained by a fervent supporter of their cause, Barry Rogerson, Bishop of Bristol, who expects to appoint his first female archdeacon "in the near future", and to see women bishops within 10 years. * Sheila Cameron ..... FIRST woman Vicar-General in the Church of England - 1982/83. She was appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Runcie, and was to be the senior legal official of the Province of Canterbury. She was already the only woman Diocesan Chancellor, a post she had held at Chelmsford since 1969
Why was the mizpah benediction a warning?
This old Mizpah is not about what most of us think it's about. It is not really a pleasant little benediction praying for God's watchful care over us when we part company for a while - even if it involves a fisherman and a fish. No, this little Mizpah is about something else altogether. Do you remember the story of Jacob? After cheating his twin brother Esau out of the family inheritance, Jacob has to get out of town in a hurry. So he goes to a faraway land to live with his unscrupulous uncle Laban. And Laban has a beautiful daughter named Rachel. Well, Jacob falls head over heels in love with Rachel and wants to marry her. Uncle Laban gives his blessing to the marriage, so long as Jacob first works for him for seven years. So Jacob works for seven years to get Rachel. And at the end of the seven years, the wedding day comes. Well, on the big day, Laban gets Jacob to have a little too much to drink and the next morning Jacob wakes up in his wedding bed only to discover that its not Rachel he's married, but her older, homely sister Leah! Uncle Laban has tricked him! You talk about "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" being a funny story! This takes the cake! So Jacob goes to Laban and complains. Laban says, "Hey, it's not the custom in our country to let the younger girl get married before the older. You shoulda known that, so tough luck, pal!"But - Laban offers - if Jacob will work another seven years, he can have Rachel too! So Jacob agrees. And finally, Rachel is his. She must have been a pretty hot number, huh? Well, that's not the end of the story. Some years later, Jacob - still nursing the resentment of how his uncle cheated him - goes to Laban and says he wants to take his wives and children and return home. So they design a golden parachute for Jacob. As a reward for his long service, Jacob gets to exercise some stock options - literally. He gets some of Laban's sheep and goats. And then, by some amazing talent Jacob had at animal husbandry, Jacob's flock grows big and strong while Laban's flock becomes small and weak. Laban sees that HE has been tricked now, and sets out to kill Jacob. So Jacob rents a U-Haul truck into which he puts his wives, children, goats and sheep, and hot tails it out of town. But finally, Laban catches up to Jacob at a rolling roadblock near all the construction on I-40. And the two men have it out. "You cheated me over Leah and Rachel and all the years I had to work for you! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, and would kill you if I could!" says Jacob. "Yeah? Well, you cheated ME out of the choice goats and lambs, and now I've got to hire Arthur Anderson to restate my earnings! I'd love to kill you, too!" says Laban. "You cheated me first!" "No, you cheated ME first!" "Did not!" "Did too!" "Did not!" Did too!" "You're the biggest jerk in the world!" "I know you are, but what am I?" Well, this is obviously a family in distress. Sort of like some of our families! Jacob and Laban cannot agree on anything. They've both done things that make it impossible to trust the other. And they'd love to kill each other. But they choose to take another course instead. Do you know what they do? There in the desert, they agree to disagree. They acknowledge that they'll probably never get along. And so they build a big pile of stones, almost as high as a watchtower. And as they walk away from each other to go their separate ways, this is what they say, "May the Lord WATCH between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other." Genesis tells us that this watchtower they built - this Mizpah representing the presence of God - was erected as a buffer between these two extremely conflicted and estranged people. And this is how they described the meaning of the Mizpah in Genesis 31:52: "I will not go past this watchtower to your side to harm you, and you will not go past this watchtower to my side to harm me." This is what it means when you say, "May the Lord watch between me and thee…"
There are literally thousands of protestant groups but these are the ones I would answer right away:
-Anabaptist
-Anglican
-Baptist
-Mennonite
-United Church
-Reform Church
-Lutheran
For a larger list of protestant denominations see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Protestant_churches
How many Christians are there in the world?
- There are just over 2.1 billion that claim to be Christian around the world. 36.5 percent of the population are Christian.
- Bunches and bunches, but understand the word Christian is a much mis-used and maligned word. In actuality, a Christian is Christ-like. Many people followed Christ but few were with him.
About 3 billion people are listed as Christian as of October 22nd, 2010.
The estimates vary and are ever changing, but a recent count of those who claim to be Christian (all sects) was roughly 2.2 billion members.
Only God knows, as The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2.19.
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
What is speed for a garden snail in kilometers per hour?
the speed of garden snail in kilometres per hour is 0.048 km/h
What celebrities are protestant?
- Rihanna
- beyonce
- leona lewis
- brad pitt
- sarah harding
- kimberly walsh
- paramore
- kings of leon
- miley cyrus
- billy rae cyrus
- dolly parton
- simon cowell
- amanda holden
- danii minogue
- jylie minogue
- alexandra burke
- lily allen
- eminem
- adam sandler
- alecia keys
- frank lampard
- joe cole
- christine bleakley
- p!nk
- peter andre
- sharon osborne
Who was the focus of john the Baptists preching?
Repent, be baptized, and look for the coming of the Lord.
Initially John the Baptist thought the mission was like Jonah's repentance message but when he baptized Jesus he was given the message that this was the Messiah.
Did Filipinos discover protestantism?
Filipinos in ancient times didn't discovered the protestantism.It was only the American protestant who came here in the Philippines to introduced and gave meaning to us about it.
What was David C Cook's religious affiliation?
The religious affiliation of David C. Cook was protestant. His global mission is to 'transform lives together' and his company aim to bring Jesus to the world.
Martin Luther was the greatest "apologist" for Protestantism of his time. The father of the Reformation.
Will the people suffering in hell be accepted by christ?
All of God's children will be accepted by Christ no matter what they have done. However, this does not mean that they will always be with Christ when they are assigned whatever glory they go to. Remember the Lord said the in His father kingdom there are many mansions. Not all are of the same glory. The highest is where the Father is, the next lowest is the glory where Christ will visit, while the lowest will have access to the Holy Spirit.
Now let us clear up just what hell is. It is that place sometimes called Outer Darkness where the wicked will go until they are judged. There are few who will spend the eternities with Satan because theywill not know enough regarding gospel principals to have sinned sufficient enough to go with Satan. There is however those who have once received the Holy Spirit and testify that He exists and then come out in open rebellion against Him, may go with Satan and his angels.
honestly i wish i knew and if i did i'de tell u starigh away coz I've been looking for it every where. all i know is that is formed in the 16th century and is a part of Chrianity and is the fourth tradition of Roman Catholics, the Orthodox, Anglicanism and Christianity
What are 5 signs and symbols in the protestant religion?
I know the first two: Justification by grace through faith alone. Second, the inspired Word (not translations) is the ultimate authority - not traditions.
The theological foundation of jean calvin's protestantism was?
A Sovereign God! A God who is powerful and rules over all.
Why do protestants believe that divorce is allowed in certain circumstances?
There is not just one official position, however most Protestants believe divorce is a major sin since it destroys so much that God meant to be together. Most Protestants also believe that divorce is a civil matter and a private failure. So while we rail against divorce, we rarely hold people accountable.
What best describes the difference between protestant and Catholic beliefs?
Protestants believe good works alone cannot gain you salvation.
Answer Catholics and Protestants have much more in common than critics assume.
Both churches adhere to the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds that set out the basic, but most profound beliefs of the Christian Church - a Triniarian God, Father Son and Holy Spirit; that Jesus is fully human and yet fully God, His virgin birth, life, death on the Cross, resurrection, ascension and coming again. They believe in the power of the Holy Spirit at work in peoples' lives today. They all accept The Bible as the source of God's word, written by individuals but inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Any differences, then, are in peripheral matters.
These include:
- 1. Catholics regard the pope as infallible and are under his authority. Protestants reject the authority of the pope.
- 2. Doctrines surrounding the Virgin Mary are accepted as fact by Catholics. these include her immaculate conception and her perpetual virginal state, and her intercession (by prayer) between God and humanity. Protestants reject these as inventions as they have no basis historically or biblically.
- 3. Doctrines surrounding the mass. Catholics regard the mass as a resacrifice of Christ's body, and the bread and wine actually to be his body and blood. Protestants reject this and return to the 'memorial' of Christ's death as he instituted the Eucharist and regard the bread and wine as symbolic.
- 4. Doctrines surrounding purgatory and limbo. Catholics believe in a place of 'cleansing' after death before entry into heaven. Protestants reject this and regard it as heretical, against Jesus' own teaching, and a rather abhorrent idea which betrays the trust that we are called to have in a loving God.
- 5. Catholics pray to saints as interceders for us. Protestants regard this as wrong as Biblically there is only one advocate between the Father and us - Jesus Christ.
- 6. Catholics believe that priestly ministry has to involve celibacy and only men are allowed into the priesthood. Many protestant Churches allow married men and women into their priesthood, or as church leaders and ministers.
There are many other differences, of course, but these just highlight some of them. Despite the differences, we should remember that there is sufficient major doctrine in common to regard both Catholics and Protestants as true members of Christ's Church on earth, something which cannot be said of pseudoChristian cults like Mormonism and the Watchtower Society, where major rejection of even the most basic doctrines render these organisations as outside the Christian Church worldwide.
Answer Protestants believe good works alone cannot gain you salvation. Protestants do not believe in the pope's authority. Catholics give spiritual authority to the pope.
Catholics trace their beliefs back to the apostles. Protestants began as Catholics who protested many aspects of the church in the 16th century. Today there are so many different protestant churches that it is hard to characterize them as a group. Some Protestants believe what might be called the principal doctrines while other Protestants believe fewer of the principal doctrines. The most basic beliefs that Catholics share with many Protestants, and Christians who don't call themselves protestant anymore, are: 1. the Bible as the source of God's revealed teaching. 2. Baptism as the sacrament necessary for salvation. 3. the Last Supper as the event that is the model of a worship service. 4. the Ten Commandments as the basic definition of morality. 5. the divinity of Christ as Son of God made man.
The principal differences are:
1.) Catholics recognize tradition as having equal importance as scripture. Paul points this out in his 2nd letter to Timothy.
2.) Protestants generally do not accept the True Presence in the Eucharist or, if they do, it is only a temporary thing. Our Lord disappears after communion.
3.) Protestants do not accept the leadership of the pope.
4.) Catholics recognize 7 sacraments (all biblical) while most Protestants recognize only one or two.
5.) Most Protestants do not recognize the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible that are accepted by Catholics.
6.) Most Protestants do not recognize the perpetual virginity of Mary.
7.) While most Protestants recognize the Communion of Saints, their view of it is considerably divergent from the Catholic view.
8.) Most Protestants believe man is saved by faith alone. Catholics believe we are justified by faith but saved by good works.
9.) Catholics believe our souls must undergo a final cleansing as punishment for sins forgiven in Purgatory. Protestants do not.
There are many other differences but the above are probably the most distinctive.
Roman Catholics follow the Pope in Rome as head of Jesus' church on earth. Protestants believe that the Pope is not God's chosen leader.
Catholic Answer
The Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in the first century to bring God to the people and the people to God. The Protestant "churches" were founded by individuals sixteenth centuries after Christ according to their own personal beliefs.
Catholics believe that God the Son became incarnate in a human body through the Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin Mary to save mankind from their sins. He established His Church and appointed Apostles (Bishops) and Peter (Pope) to guide that Church on earth and He guaranteed to be with It until the end of time. Catholics believe that you only have one choice in life: to love and serve the Lord, or to reject Him and be separated from Him forever in Hell. Every other choice you have in life comes down to that, is this following Jesus or rejecting Him.
Protestants reject Christ because they reject His Body: the Church. They believe that they are their own little Pope and that they can decide how to follow Jesus themselves. Thus they fragment into many "denominations" as they decide how they want to follow God, ignoring what He, Himself has said, and interpreting for themselves what is right or wrong. Thus they believe that they have more choices than following God or not, they believe that they have the choice to decide HOW they are going to follow God.
Another Answer Depending on the domination. One of the major differences would be that Catholics believe in the pope and Protestants don't. Protestants also don't hold as many sacraments as Catholics do and women are allowed to become pastors in Protestantism while Catholics don't allow such a thing. Lutherans are the closest to Catholics while Baptist are the farthest from Catholics.
The main differences between Catholics and protestants are...
Catholics believe in:
- Purgatory
- The Pope
transubstantiation
Indulgences
Apostolic succession
Protestants believe in:
Consubstantiation
Dead in the body = Dead in the soul
"The invisible church"
The bible is the only source
Traditions are bad
Wine is evil
There is more in common betwen the Catholic Church and most Protestant churches than there is different, especially in the most important things, like our faith in God as Trinity, faith in Christ, the Resurrection, baptism, the importance of the Bible, etc.
There are many different Protestant churches and communities, each is different from the other, and so each is different from the Catholic Church in different ways.
Catholic Answer
As the above answer points out there are some amazing similarities between the two. However, the difference is huge. The Catholic Church was founded by Our Blessed Savior as His Mystical Body and He appointed Peter as His first Vicar to guide the Church on earth. He send the Holy Spirit to guide it into all truth and guaranteed that it would remain One (as His Body and His Bride) until the end of the world. As such the Catholic Church brings Our Blessed Lord to people, teaches them in His truth, forgives their sins, and feeds them with His Body and Blood leading them to salvation and happiness forever with God in Heaven. The protestant communities have literally nothing in common except that they all reject Christ Body in His Church "protesting" against His truth. They have fragmented into over 30,000 thousands different belief systems as of last count, and continue to fragment. The Catholic Church teaches that man has free will but only has one decision to make in life - whether to follow Our Blessed Lord and be saved, or not. It is a decision that one must keep making throughout one's life and is the decision behind all the other decisions that one makes. Protestants believe that they can tell God how they are going to worship Him, and what they are going to believe. Protestants reject some of the books of the Bible that the Church has preserved for centuries, they reject the sacraments that Our Blessed Lord gave for our salvation, and they believe many different things as each believer is his own final authority.
I am a Catholic. I find that the beliefs are extremely different. First, Catholics believe in Transubstantiation, or the turning of the bread and wine into Christ Jesus' body, while Protestants do not. Catholic have the unique idea of praying to saints, who give our intentions to the LORD, while you do not. Our [Catholic] priests cannot be married, and give their full honor and integrity to GOD, while Protestant ministers can be married. These our only the large differences between the two, but there are many more. Maybe one day we will all join together to worship as one large congregation, but until then... Those are the differences!
Catholic Answer
There is only one major difference. Catholics believe that God gave us free will, and we only have one real decision to make in life, whether to follow God or not. We have to make that decision in everything throughout our lives, but it all boils down to that. How we worship, how we interpret the Bible, what our moral values are, etc., are all given to us by Our Blessed Lord through His Church. Our job is to apply those values in our lives, and follow Him.
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Protestants, on the other hand, feel that God has given them free will to exercise not only in following Him or not, but as to HOW they are going to follow Him. They feel as if they can interpret the Bible for themselves, decide how they are going to worship, etc. They do not believe that Our Blessed Lord appointed St. Peter and his successors as His Vicars on earth, so they set up themselves as their own individual pope.
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That is the only real difference.
Lent is a time for meditation and what?
Penance.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe classic duties for Lent are:1) Prayer
2) Fasting
3) Almsgiving
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Is Birmingham Theological Seminary a good Seminary?
I am currently a student there (2021). I am pleased with the quality of education I am receiving from this school. The professors are excellent, and the courses are challenging.
Who is more right about god catholics or protestants?
Neither. Protestants believe that the way one believes in God should be simple, but Catholics believe that everything should be fancy and worthy of God.
What did protestants do with the money from church?
Essentially, they do the same things with it as the Roman Catholics. Some of the money is used to pay the local church expenses (building improvement and upkeep, pastor's salaries, office supplies), some goes to local and national mission efforts, and some is sent overseas in support of missions there.
