Protestantism

Corruption in the Catholic Church for example the selling of indulgences and unbiblical teaching/practices such as Papal supremacy and salvation by works.

20-24 august

The Protestant Church is very widespread and cannot be regarded simply as 'protestantism' as if 'protestantism' was one united and homogenious unit. The styles of worship within Protestantism are very varied, from lavish ritual of Anglocatholicism, through to the rousing preaching of the Methodist Church, the charismatic Spirit-led worship of the Pentecostal or even the silent, meditative worship of the Quaker. Therefore, whatever style of worship is most appropriate for your own personality, somewhere within Protestantism is you will feel at home. Therefore it may well appeal to more people that, say, the Catholic mass where it is almost a case of 'one size fits all'.

However, with matters of doctrine, the great appeal of the Protestant Church is that the doctrine is invariably solely based on scripture and reason and far less, if at all, on the teachings of the heirarchy of the Church. This means that the vast majority of Protestants reject utterly doctrines that they believe are unBiblical and which have crept into the Catholic Church over the centuries causing corruption, and, often heresy within that church. These doctrines include the idea of purgatory, praying to saints, the over-adulation of Mary, the veneration of relics, the acceptance of non biblical doctrine (eg the assumption of Mary) as fact and many more. This makes them more appealing as it unites them more to the early Church immediately after Christ before corruption and these other doctrines crept in. By feeling closer to the early Christian Church they believe that they can be truer to their faith and more tru to God.

In the sixteenth century, when the protestant heresy first appeared, one person tried to have his cake and eat it too, Henry VIII. He knew that if he totally accepted the protestant heresy his people would revolt, so he tried to forge a middle ground, his son, Edward VI, was really too young to do much of anything and his advisors went all the way to the protestant side of things. When his sister, Elizabeth I came to the throne, she attempted to return to the middle road, but as with her father, it still had to be a protestant church, but they tried to keep Catholic features.

The Bible for Protestants was usually translated into whatever was the ordinary language the particular people were who needed it. For example, one of the first, if not 'the' first, was the German Bible of Martin Luther.

The principle here was to educate and to instruct people to know the word of God for themselves to give them tools to combat any and all errors and false doctrine from wherever it comes, both within and without the Protestant movement. The Bible had of course been translated into English even before the Reformation began. This was done by John Wycliffe who for this, and other things, was called 'the morning star of the reformation'.

The Presbyterian church does have its foundations in Scotland. Its ancestry can be traced back to around 1560, and its founder is considered to be John Knox, a Scottish-born preacher who studied with John Calvin in Switzerland, then brought Calvin's teachings back to Scotland, establishing a church based on these teachings.

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse.

Eberhard Bethge (1909-2000) was a friend and associate of the theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He did much to popularize Bonhoeffer's theological writings and wrote a widely admired biography of him. Both were members of the Confessing Church and were involved in the plot of 20 July 1944. Bonoeffer was hanged, Bethge survived.

The Protestant Reformation was deemed to be necessary to correct abuses and corruption that were endemic within the Roman Catholic Church, which used its far-reaching spiritual, financial, and political power to control and manipulate people afraid for their eternal souls. The Reformation helped refocus organized religion on its fundamental tenets--and was responsible in part as well for the later Counterreformation, which was a reformation within the Catholic Church that sought to rid itself of some of these abuses.

Better said would be a large number of disenchanted Catholics believed a change was necessary. And, the Anglican Church was believed to be too much like Catholicism.

There are hundreds of things that Christians believe. This question needs to be narrowed down in order to be answered intelligently. Perhaps you have some specific things that you want to know about.

Yes, they believe in both the Old and New Testaments and use the same Bible.

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ALL the names in the Bible are children's names! Because every person in the Bible was once a child. Their parents named them, so all the names are for kids.

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Sharing Love. Sharing Healing.

They wanted individually and equality

Henry VIII did not consider himself to be a Protestant, he just disagreed with the Catholic Church over the issue of divorce. He wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon because of her inability to provide him with a male heir, but the Catholic Church forbade divorce so Henry founded the Church of England in order to break with Rome. But he regarded it more as the Catholic Church of England- basically the same as mainstream Catholicism, but with the added clause thrown in permitting divorce. Despite being excommunicated by The Pope he regarded himself to be a Catholic until he died and did not wish to go down the Protestant path. It was subsequent British monarchs, together with the combined influence of disaffected religious leaders both in England and in Continental Europe, that gradually established Protestantism as the leading British religion and led to the Anglican Church of England as oppose to the variant of Catholicism that King Henry VIII actually wanted. I think that after his excommunication, he always lived in hope that The Pope would come round to his way of thinking, or reconsider whether England could be allowed to have a catholic variancy.

The first protestant movement can be attributed to Martin Luther. This movement became known as Lutheranism.

First of all the Church in England was never a protestant Church! Up till about 1994, it was the Catholic Church in this country! How was different from other Churches? Because it had arrived in this country, Britain, only a few years after the death of Christ and having Aristobulous, mentioned by Paul in Romans as a first Bishop.

In England the protestants, mostly Calvinist were treated quite well unless they grew to demanding, then the strength of the state fell upon them. Otherwise they were in clover. There were more Anglicans than protestants, but they were not as vigorous as the Calvinists and the latter were supported by the wealthy who had benefited from the estates of the Monasteries and Nunneries. In the next reign but one the Protestants turned on the King and the Anglican Catholics because they fealt they had nothing to fear Romanism was a busted flush, good only for terrorising the peasants and artisans.

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Catholicism is the dominant religion in South America. Other religions that exist include Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and other Christian religions.

The best answer to this question is probably 1784, when John Wesley ordained Dr. Thomas Coke to go to America and preach.

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Meditation is the process of becoming aware of what is in this moment. Whatever is, is perfect.

If, as you begin to watch, to look in, to become aware, you notice thoughts happening, great! Thoughts are happening. I will simply be aware as the thoughts pass through.

If you notice feelings of joy arising, great! I will watch joy.

Simply notice what is, and accept it from your heart, with no expectations for any particular state of being.

Good luck!