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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 action did Martin Luther take to present his concerns?
he wrote the 95 thesis and supposedly nailed them to the church door
Who is the author of the pentecost account?
Evidence of early Christianity and within the books Acts and Luke point to Luke (Col 4:14)
Evangelical preachers like Charles Grandison Finney linked personal religious conversion to?
A) the construction of large church buildings throughout the Midwest.
B) the expansion of American political power across the continent.
C) the Christian reform of social problems.
D) the organization of effective economic development and industrialization.
What is a protestant if they don't believe in god?
A Protestant is typically defined as any Christian belonging to a sect or denomination descending from those that seceded from the Roman Catholic Church at the time of the Reformation.
Your question seems redundant, but it would make sense if you meant: What is a person who was raised as a Protestant if they don't believe in God?
If they don't believe in a god, this person would be an Atheist.
("Agnostics," since they don't firmly believe in gods are actually atheists, too!)
What nations are displayed as the four horsemen of the apocalypse?
http://www.thelivingwordtbc.com/rev16.htm check out this link it will tell you!
Is good news Bible a catholic Bible?
Yes, it is. It was widely used in religious education programs in the 60's since its language was geared to the young. However, in recentyears the RSV ( revised standard version) Cathiolic bible is the preferred choice
What was the first place Lent started?
It all started when Jesus was in the desert been tempted by the devil.
What are John Wesley's Views on Lent?
He considered it "worldly" and did not include it in the version of the Book of Common Prayer he prepared for Methodists in North America. Wesley did, however, practice and encourage fasting.
What year was the Methodist church founded?
Oxford University, England. John Wesley played a key role in the founding of methodism. He was originaly an Anglican clergyman (Church of England). Methodism was a movement within anglicanism during the 18th century.
Who was the first protestant queen of England?
Anne Boleyn. Many say it was Elizabeth I, but the Boleyn family was a faithful protestant.
Why is the Catholic Bible correct?
The Catholic Bible is correct for Catholics and the Protestant Bible is correct for Protestants. This does not mean either of them is objectively true, for that is a matter of faith on the part of Catholics or Protestants.
Jerome, who translated the Vulgate Bible, considered the Epistle Of Barnabas to be authentic and canonical, yet this is not included in the canon of the Catholic Bible. Jerome considered what are known as the Additions to Esther to be late interpolations and only retained them as an appendix for their theological value; in most Catholic Bibles they have been returned to the positions in which they were originally inserted. Protestant Bibles do not include either the Epistle Of Barnabas nor the Additions to Esther.
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Catholic AnswerThe Sacred Scriptures are correct because they are the very Word of God in the Words of God. They were written with God as their primary author (although the human authors were true authors) and they contain all that He wishes to have in them, and nothing else. The Second Vatican Council addressed this at length in the document Dei Verbum, and the Catechism covers it in the paragraphs 101 - 114 and following. As the Sacred Scriptures are the very Words of God, they, in a very real sense, are Christ, and convey everything that He intended. As His Church, also, is infallibly guided by Him, and the Church wrote and compiled the Sacred Scriptures, guarding them and teaching them, you may rest assure that any Bible that contains an Imprimatur and a Nihil Obstat in its beginning is a "correct" Bible.from
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
105 God is the author of Sacred Scripture. "The divinely revelaed realities, which are contained and presented in the text of Sacred Scripture, have been written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit." (Dei Verbum 21.)
"For Holy Mother Church, relying on the faith of the apostolic age, accepts as sacred and canonical the books of the Old and the New Testaments, whole and entire, with all their parts, on the grounds that, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author and have been handed on as such to the Church herself." (Dei Verbum 11.)
106 God inspired the human authors of the sacred books. "To compose the sacred books, God chose certain men who, all the while He employed them in this task, made full use of their own faculties and powers so that, although He acted in them and by them, it was a true authors that they consigned to writing whatever he wanted written, and no more." (Dei Verbum 11; cf. Jn 20:31; 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:19-21; 3:15-16)
107 The inspired books teach the truth. "Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures." (Dei Verbum 11)
What happens to a church when an archbishop dies?
An Archbishop is basically an elevated Bishop. So, a Bishop will usually take the place of the deceased Archbishop. The church can still function, so nothing really "happens" to the church itself.
Why are extra books in Catholic bible questioned by protestants?
The "extra" books in the Catholic Bible are called the Apocrypha. At the time of Jesus there was no "bound" "Book" called the Bible. Greek was the common language of the time, and many Jews living in the outer regions of the Roman Empire could no longer speak or read Hebrew. The Septuagint (LXX) is the Greek Translation of the scrolls in use at the time of Jesus. Many early Christians were pointing to "this or that" scroll as proof that Jesus was the fulfillment of the Old Testament Prophesies about the Messiah. In 80 AD a group of Rabbis (the Mazzorites) gathered 'canonized' scrolls into what Christians call the "Old Testament." I understand the reasoning was: God Spoke Hebrew, therefore the completeness of the collection cannot exceed the number of letters in the Hebrew Alphabet; God Spoke Hebrew, therefore all the inspired scrolls must be written in the Hebrew Language. To fit the number of "books", to the total count of the alphabet, the 12 minor prophets and Ezra and Nehemiah one grouping and finalized them as the "Tanek" Many of the "Old Testament" citations quoted in the New Testament are the exact words used in the LXX. The LXX was used as the "Official" Bible (Old Testament) by the "c"hurch up to the time of the Reformation. The Reformers used the Mazzorite Text to translate Scripture into their language. (In doing this they did away with certain "truths" held by the Catholic "C"hurch, as they only appeared in the LXX. For the same reason Luther tried to eliminate the Epistle of James from the NT, as it did not agree with his theology of "Faith alone") That is the the basic history of the different number of "books" in Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish Bibles.
Who was the founder of a protestant church in Switzerland that believed strongly in predestination?
It was John Calvin. I think...
Must an Episcopalian accept the 39 Articles?
Not if they are giving $acrificially to the church.
AnswerContrary to the above very cynical 'answer', the 39 articles of Faith, which were written in the 16th Century at the start of the Church of England, have to be accepted by all who are ordained in the Church of England. At the ordination service alllegiance is sworn to God, To Christ as head of the Church, to the monarch as supreme governor under Christ (currently HM Queen Elizabeth II) tothe Bishop, to scripture and to the 39 Articles of Faith.Therefore for an episcopalian church member to be 'in communion' wth that church, as the episcopalians are in communion as a world wide Anglican church, members should accept the 39 Articles.
Factions within the Anglican Church have been caused recently especially by the US episcopalians accepting an actively homosexual bishop much to the anger of the African Churches who accept the 39 Articles - especially scripture - to the lettter. Therefore for the sake of unity within the church all episopalians should accept the 39 articles oof Faith.
What is the largest evangelical church in Boston?
The church is Jubilee Christian Churhc, under Bishop G.A. THOMPSON WITH 5,000 ATTENDEES IN each service.
