How did they affect the protestant reformation ? What was there role ?
Spain under Philip II was a strong power and was considered the champion of Catholicism and she took all measures to bring the protestants and protestant countries back to catholicism. Moreover she was a strong naval power- perhaps the strongest in the Mediterranean.
The Spanish Armada was sent to conquer England that had by then become protestant. There were other causes as well for Spain to consider England as her enemy no 1.
In the war the comparatively small British navy completely destroyed the Spanish navy.
A victory for Spain would have meant continued harassment of the Protestants. With English victory this threat was now over and protestantism could co-exist with Catholicism.
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March 06 2010 | Protestant | 2 Comments »
For a project I have to do for school I need to make a 3-5 minute video on some event that happened during the Protestant Reformation. All I have as actors is my brother, mom, and myself. What should I do?
Perform au naturel
You’ll need a gimmick to hold peoples attention and that would be a good one.
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January 29 2010 | Protestant | 2 Comments »
In they find the body of a homeless, or unidentified person, who decides if that person is buried in a catholic cemetary or a protestant one?
Homeless people are usually cremated or buried in government own plots.
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January 27 2010 | Protestant | 4 Comments »
Singapore Protestant Monotheists, beside churches in Jerusalem, does the Coptic Church of Alexandria in Egypt that has an age from AD1 had any link to your religion? Your opinion please and any plan to have a trip there? Thanks you.
No.
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches which separated from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches 451 CE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church
The Protestant Churches separated from the Catholic Church in the 1500s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism
With love in Christ.
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January 18 2010 | Protestant | 3 Comments »
Except for the apocrypha/deuterocanonicals, if you take a Catholic and a Protestant version of the same translation (NIV, NKJV, NAB, NASB, RSV, etc), they are identical word-for-word.
There is no difference between Catholic and Protestant New Testaments.
How is it, then, that Catholicism distorts Scripture without changing Scripture itself?
Why do thsoe Protestants who argue that Catholicism is a distortion embrace the same Bible as Catholics?
I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. (John 16:12-13)
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours. (2 Thessalonians 2:15)
We instruct you, brothers, in the name of (our) Lord Jesus Christ,to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us. (2 Thessalonians 3:6)
I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them on to you. (1 Corinthians 11:2)
The Catholic Church does not use Holy Scripture as the only basis of doctrine. It could not. The early Catholic church existed before and during the time that the New Testament was written.
There were hundreds of Christian writings during the first and second centuries. Which New Testament writings would become official was not fully decided until about 400 C.E.
Catholics believe that the Holy Spirit was guiding the early church (and is guiding the church today) to make the correct choices about things like:
• The Holy Trinity (which is also only hinted at in the Bible)
• Going to church on Sunday instead of Saturday (which is actually directly against one of the Ten Commandments)
• The Communion of Saints
• Which writings include in the New Testament?
Things that are even more modern like
• Slavery is bad. Slavery is never declared evil in the Bible. This was one of the justifications for slavery in the Confederate States.
• Democracy is good. The Bible states that either God should be the leader of the nation like Israel before the kings or kings should be the leader, "Give to Caesar that which is Caesar’s." This was talked about a lot during the American Revolution.
This second source of doctrine is called Apostolic Tradition.
Do Christians who do not allow the continuing guiding force of the Holy Spirit to make their beliefs more and more perfect, still endorse slavery as Colossians 3:22 commands, "Slaves, obey your human masters in everything"?
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 80 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect1chpt2.shtml#80
With love in Christ.
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January 14 2010 | Protestant | 12 Comments »
There are 30,000 Protestant religions and growing. Many teaching doctrine contradictory to each other. How can you believe something that was re-evaluated by man and changed after 1,500 years?
I will *stay* a child of God, others can put what ever tittle they want…. go in peace…. God bless
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January 07 2010 | Protestant | 7 Comments »
From what I know, I think Catholicism is more popular than Protestantism in places like South America, Africa and even parts of Asia, but most of these regions are inhabited by people living in impoverished conditions. Most of the Protestant regions of the world are quite wealthy so it seems as though the average wealth of a Protestant is greater than the average wealth of a Catholic. Is this true?
No. Who cares what they have. It’s their business and not yours.
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January 04 2010 | Protestant | 14 Comments »
First of all why JW was created? And how is it different from Protestant? Do they use the same Bible?
I am actually interested in JW teaching… Protestant seems to be all twisted and split too much.
The history of the JW movement is quite strange, and they aren’t going to tell you about it when they show up at your door. They use their own version of the Bible that they translated themselves and which has been modified to support their views. I don’t think they are truly a protestant church because a true protestant is one who has left the Catholic church under protest. By that definition, JW’s might individually be protestant but the group overall never had any affiliation with the Catholic church. They are widely viewed as a cult and their teachings deny many of the essential truths of Christianity (the deity of Christ, the Trinity, the existence of Hell, etc.) so many people deny that JW’s are even truly Christian.
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January 01 2010 | Protestant | 16 Comments »
For a project I have to do for school I need to make a 3-5 minute video on some event that happened during the Protestant Reformation. All I have as actors is my brother, mom, and myself. What should I do?
Go right over the top.
Have the actors discuss where they might have gone wrong while they are burning in h—.
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December 24 2009 | Protestant | 1 Comment »
Why did the Protestant Reformation take place? Discuss the late medieval history of the Church, and whether it contributed to the split. Discuss why the Reformation took place, and any technical, political, or societal changes that aided it.
The church had the Inquisition and then the witch hunts millions of people were burned at the stake mostly Innocent women. That’s the medi–evil history of the church. Why? The superstitious people had to cling to something and some of the horrors were ending as secular man brought some civilization to a barbaric church. That was the societal change and the fairness of democracy the political. Some of the reformers had barbaric leanings.Look at what man has brought to religion today. Far flung from the dark beliefs of the middle age;now God ants you to live well,to have good sex. Some tell you to send your seed money to them and reap a harvest of wealth from their Power. This is the new reformation.
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December 22 2009 | Protestant | 3 Comments »