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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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What is john Calvin's biggest contribution or change?
John Calvin was a French reformer. His interpretation of the bible resulted on a type of Protestantism called Calvinism
Where does it say 'The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away'?
You can also hear it while watching the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" special features disc. Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort yells in one scene.
So many read the words of Job 1:21, but never bother to consider the fact that Job was not speaking of events to come. He was speaking of what he had already experienced. In turn this should lead us to reading Job 1:1 through Job 1:20 and seeing for ourselves that God never took a single thing from Job. In fact, after disciplining Job based on his words of error and anger toward God, it was the Lord who actually gave to Job, but He never took a single thing.
Protest means to go against something with speeches, picket signs, and any other forms of going against something.
The Mormon religion was founded by?
Mormonism, then called the Latter Day Saint movement, was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., a self-claimed prophet who predicted that Jesus would return before his 85th birthday. He was never able to validate this prophetic vision, however, for he was murdered quite a few years before on July 27, 1844. He established a following with his reports of encounters with an angel who led him to buried plates made of gold that were inscribed with revalations about religion.
What are the 5 solae and their English translations?
Sola fide, Sola gratia, Sola scriptura, Soli Deo gloria, and Solus Christus (or Solo Christo) are the five solae by which the Protestant Reformation historically opposes Roman Catholicism. Their respective equivalents will be "By faith alone," "By grace alone," "By Scripture alone," "Glory to God alone," and "(Through) Christ alone" in English. Their practice therefore will involve respectively:
- Denying the interpretative record and traditions of the Catholic, Coptic, and Orthodox Churches;
- Excluding salvation through good works;
- Presuming salvation only through God's grace;
- Recognizing Jesus of Nazareth (6-4 B.C. - A.D. 30-33) as the only mediator between God and humankind;
- Rejecting veneration of angels, Our Lady Mary, and saints.
What effect did good works have on Christian's chances for salvation?
According to the Bible, works are absolutely necessary for salvation, without them faith is dead. See Ezekiel 33:12-19; James 2:14; James 2:17-18; James 2:20; James 2:22; James 2:24; James 2:26. In addition, final judgment (as to whether you are saved and go to heaven or damned to hell) is *always* associated with works: see Matthew 5:22; Matthew 7:16-27, Matthew 10:22; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 18:8-9; Matthew 25:14-30; Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 3:9; Luke 14:13-14; Luke 21:34-36; John 5:26-29; Romans 1:18; Romans 2:5-13; 1 Corinthians 3:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessolonians 3:12-13, 1 Thessolonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-12; Hebrews 6:7-8; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 4:13; 2 Peter 3:10-14; Jude 6-16; Jude 20-21; Revelation 2:5; Revelation 2:23; Revelation 20:11-13; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:12.
How many times is the phrase Son of Man used in the Bible?
The Sone of Man was Used 83 Times in the bible nad only 13 times Son OF GOD. Thank you Sam
The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (NRSV) contains both the standard Protestant canon and the books that are traditionally used by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians (called "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books).
Total of 73 books.
In standard NRSV editions, the "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books are included in its own section after the Old Testament books, and the Catholic edition of the NRSV includes those books in the Old Testament in the order defined by the Roman Catholic church.
Did protestants speak the Irish language?
Yes, there were probably are some Protestants who speak the Irish language. That is not to say that most Protestants speak Irish or that most Irish-speakers are protestant.
What is lacking in our prayers and why do prayers not stop us from sins?
A sincere believer will say that what is often lacking in prayers is faith. Without faith the Holy Spirit can not guide us away from sin.
A non-believer will say that prayers do not stop us from sins because the Holy Spirit does not exist - he is imaginary. With no God and no Holy Spirit, it is our own responsibility, guided not by the Holy Spirit but by our consciences, to do good to others.
Each person must choose whether to believe that God does not help those with not enough faith, even just to help them avoid sin, or whether to believe that prayer is just talking into an empty void.
What were the main reasons for Martin Luther breaking away from Catholic Church?
b/c the people involved in the catholic church used to take money from the people and used it to build churches with gold and rich stuff and themselves and Martin Luther didn't like it.
AnswerMartin Luther saw corruption creep into the Church. One of his main concerns was the selling of indulgences - certificates 'guaranteeing' a certain amoount of time off 'purgatory' for a deceased person which were sold at an inflated price to the poor, at their most vulnerable time. Although the money was supposed to be used for the priest to say masses in the deceased person's memory, this often didn't happen and the money was simply pocketed by the priests. Luther stated in his own writings that, having read Paul's letter to the Romans, he realised that God was saying that salvation came through faith, and not by belonging to, or paying into, any organisation. As a result of this concern, he nailed his 'theses' to the church door at Wittenberg, heavily criticising the Church.The result of this was the Church breaking with him as much as he breaking from the Church as he was excommunicated by the Pope. Thus began with Luther (plus Calvin, Zwingli and others) the Protestant Reformation, and the Protestant Church was formed.
To be fair to the Church (now the Roman Catholic Church) it was also spurned into starting its own Reformation, cleaning up its act and moving forward.
Who started each branch of Christianity in Protestantism?
Because "Protestant" refers to anything that is not Catholic, there are many braches of Protestantism, many of which I wouldn't consider Christian in nature. Each branch is often named for the person who founded it: the Lutheran church was founded by Martin Luther, the Calvinist church was founded by John Calvin, and so on. If you are looking for a specific denomination, it might be good to look that one up online specifically.
What is the difference between compassion and pity?
Pity is when you feel sorry for someone, but it doesn't come from your heart. Pity doesn't help anyone but compassion does. You will notice in the Gospels that "Jesus was moved with compassion for the multitudes" is mentioned several times. He saw their spiritual state and felt compassion for them, to help with their needs. You can feel pity for someone all day long, but when you feel compassion and empathy for someone you will be moved to action to help them in some way, hopefully.
How did the the pew get its name?
pew 1393, "raised, enclosed seat for certain worshippers" (ladies, important men, etc.), from O.Fr. puie, puy"balcony, elevation," from L. podia, pl. of podium"elevated place," also "balcony in a Roman theater". Meaning "fixed bench with a back, for a number of worshippers" is attested from 1631.
What did God show David Wilkerson in 'The Vision'?
"The Vision" was a book he wrote in the 70's about a literal vision of the future that God gave Mr. Wilkerson while he was praying. The book is controversial in that some of the prophecies he cited as coming "very soon" have not happened yet to date (August 2007). He did not see anything specifically about huge events like 9-11 in New York, nor the flood in New Orleans and other areas of the Southern U.S. If I remember right, among his prophecies that have not come true were that female toplessness would be quickly allowed on U.S. TV, and that marijuana would soon become legal in the United States. He did correctly predict a drug that would promote enhanced sexual behavior (what we now know as Viagra), the free "outing" of homosexuality as acceptable behavior, and that several well-known TV preachers would fall from grace. Many of the things mentioned in Mr. Wilkerson's vision coincided with prophecies from the Book of Revelation in the Bible.
For a list of prophecies and their fulfillments, see http://family-friends-others.blogspot.com/2009/03/vision-by-david-wilkerson-1973.html
What is the sacred text for the Church of England?
I believe the sacred text of the church of England is the King James edition of the Holy Bible.
What does the Book of Concord entail?
== == The Book of Concord is a 16th century Lutheran document which is a compilation of beliefs and teachings of Christians from around the 4thC CE until the 16thC CE, explaining what they believed and taught on the basis of the Holy Scriptures. It includes the three creeds of the ancient, undivided, church i.e. the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. It also contains such writings of the Reformation as the Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, Luther's Small and Large Catechisms, and the Formula of Concord. Further information: "The Book of Concord: The Lutheran Confessions of 1529-1580" is a collection of confessions of faith published in 1580, which outline the doctrines of the Lutheran church. It was first published on 25 June 1580, fifty years after the Augsburg Confession (the central document of the Lutheran reformation) was presented to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. After Martin Luther died, the fledgling Lutheran church struggled with its own divisions. These divisions and dissensions posed a threat to the results of the Reformation. The Book of Concord was an attempt to heal this divisiveness and, basically, it came to serve as the source book for Lutheran orthodoxy. * The Catechisms and the Smalcald Articles (c.1536) were the work of Martin Luther * the Augsburg Confession (c.1531), its Apology, and the Treatise were the work of Luther's co-worker, Phillip Melanchthon * the Formula of Concord was written some time after Luther died. It was constructed and edited to its final form primarily by Jacob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, and Nickolaus Selnecker
Was there a church founded by Jan Hus?
What are the similarities between Roman Catholicism and Anabaptist?
How do people become possessed by a devil?
Most people who are reported to be "possessed" are actually suffering from different mental conditions. Sometimes schizophrenia can cause a person to see things that aren't there, hear voices that tell him/her to do things that would seem unreasonable to the "normal" population and ramble on about his/her imagined world using terms and words that make no sense to the rest of us. Often this behavior becomes violent because the victim believes that some of these imagined entities are trying to harm him/her. When this occurs the individual is often classified as "Paranoid Schizophrenic". In a superstitious, overly religious environment, such a person might be called "possessed", when actually the victim is in need of medication. There are several valuable treatments for schizophrenia. They are quite successful but they involve medical science, not religious fanaticism.
"Being possessed by the devil," was an expression used to refer to people who consistently do things that are bad. This expression is much out of date, and is very seldom used today.
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There are varying degrees of demonic "possession or oppression". It is brought on by different things.
Biblicaly these are:
1. Generational Curses
2. Inherited traits
3. Involvement with sin
4. A person will open doorways that allows these events.
Being involved in such things a witchcraft, Satanism, Fornication, Adultery will invite demonic beings in. It does not always happen, but does often enough. Satan was called Beelzebub, it means "Lord of the flies, or Lord of the Dunghill". By their personal sins, men and women draw these fallen angels much like a pile of dung draws flies, their acts are unclean and filthy.
Almost all sin in an open doorway for entry of demonic beings. The degree of sin is often in relationship to what you get. "Small sins" such as lying may be grounds for entrance of smaller weaker beings, where such things as murder/abortion or out right witchcraft and Satanism will open much bigger doorways in someone's life.
At 1Corinthians 6:9-11: "What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God's kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God's kingdom. And yet that is what some of YOU were. But YOU have been washed clean, but YOU have been sanctified, but YOU have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God".
At Romans 1:26,27: "That is why God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene and receiving in themselves the full recompense, which was due for their error. The Bible states that persons who practice: Fornication (any and all sexual activity with someone that you aren't married to), Homosexuality and Lesbianism, Bestiality (sex with animals) are committing a sexual sin".
But, 1Corinthians 6:11 says: "And yet that is what some of YOU were. But YOU have been washed clean, but YOU have been sanctified, but YOU have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God". Read these Scriptures in your personal Bible.
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most "LOYALIST".. are protestants.. catholics under british rule are considered 'lower class' and live in the slum areas... and these are where the freedom fighters mostly come from.
In my experience the people who exhibit shows of sectarianism have no idea what it is all about. I have came across children as young as 9,shouting Loyalist-Nationalist slogans and all it does is prolongs the bitterness between everyone.Unfortunately this has become a way of life for some,and is just another way of blocking progress.There should be no room for sectarianism in todays society,after all,we are supposed to be living in civilisation.
What is Protestant Christianity?
Protestant is a particular ethnic christian belivers, they were protest from Roman catholic church by Martin Luter king in the 16nth century they don`t belive in symbols such as cross, ark, church as a home of God and they belive that intercession mades only by Jesus else no intercession made by the righteous with the father of Jesus.
