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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 »
What if someone agrees with some Catholic beleifs, and some protestant beleifs? Weather it’s more in one direction, or the other, is there anything that’s halfway between the two? What if you don’t agree 100% with any branch of Christianity?
Although I can appreciate the desire for peace in your answer, I think we have to explore the issue more deeply to find the right answer.
The divide between the two Christian categories isn’t simply a matter of Catholic-slash-Protestant, as if the Protestant side of the fence contains multiple denominations that all agree on and believe the same doctrines. They don’t. Every single Protestant sect exists because one side disagrees with the other. They each claim the Bible as their sole authority, but they ironically believe different things yet each one has God’s "true" teachings (because they were all inspired by the same Holy Spirit Who taught different doctrines to each one).
So if a person is trying to piece together different beliefs from each Protestant sect, and even from the Catholic Church, too, the only thing they would be accomplishing is setting up another different version of Christianity, the same thing that every other Protestant sect has done before them 30,000+ times since the Reformation.
The main issue between Catholics and Protestants is authority. Protestants stand by the Bible as their singular and only source of divine authority. The Catholic Church, on the other hand, operates on the authority given to Her by Christ. So for Protestants to leave their position, they would have to acknowledge, accept, and submit to the Pope; for Catholics to leave theirs, they would have to abandon 2,000 years of Sacred Tradition and Christian history by taking on the Lutheran doctrine of sola scriptura (Bible-alone), which in effect would make them #30,001+.
The fact remains, however – and the reason why I converted to Catholicism – is that the Bible-only doctrine is unscriptural, unhistorical, and illogical. It’s unscriptural because the Bible simply doesn’t teach it, nor did any of the early Christians believe or teach it either. It’s unhistorical for several reasons, one of which is the Church existed before the Bible, not the Bible before the Church. It’s illogical because it places interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures in the hands of the individual; when disputes arise, there is no definite way to resolve it because all attempts revert everything back to the opinion of the person, to what they think the scripture means; this causes denominational splits, which is concretely evidenced by the thousands of competing and conflicting Protestant denominations already described above.
The fact remains that Jesus founded one Church, taught one Gospel, and meant for all Christians to be one is everything: prayer, worship, belief, doctrine, etc. Protestantism contradicts His command.
I do keep in mind, however, that despite the differences between Catholics and non-Catholics, each and all are Christians. We are brothers and sisters in the faith, and should love each other as Christ commanded us to. Therefore, we should continue working and praying together and for each other so that one day, we can finally achieve the unity that our Lord intended at the beginning and still intends.
God bless.
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December 13 2009 | Protestant | 29 Comments »
If so why? They were not technically part of the Protestant reformation, so why are they considered a Protestant church?
The Church of England and its international adherents ("The Anglican Communion" – including the Episcopal Church of the USA) are indeed Protestant. As the word "Protestant" comes from "protest," it refers to the separation of denominations which protested the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church (the Vatican and the pope). Thus "Protestant" refers to more than Luther’s separation based on liturgical practice and theory. Calvin, Hus, and others split with Rome on issues of liturgy, theology, freedom to disagree, etc., creating what became known as the Reformation.
The English "Reformation" came about because of primarily political issues, mainly the refusal of the pope to grant the king of England an annulment of his marriage. Although the annulment was sought on canonical grounds, it was not for purely canonical issues that the C of E departed from Roman authority. England had long been a force for advancing change in the Roman Catholic Church, and in fact the pope who refused any accommodation with Luther was elected pope by only one vote over an English cardinal who was a supporter of Lutheran-style reforms.
After the split from Rome, the C of E adopted many positions in common with the Lutheran and Calvinist reformed churches and stipulated doctrinally that "The Church of Rome hath erred."
Thus the Church of England and the Anglican Communion like to style themselves as "the only church that is both truly catholic and truly reformed."
Edit: Not all non-Roman Catholic churches are Protestant. The Eastern Churches (e.g., Orthodox and Coptic) are not Protestant. They retain many attributes of the R.C. church – for example, the Coptic Church has its own pope, Pope Shenouda, but disagree on basic issues of theology and doctrine. The term "Protestant" is usually reserved for those denominations which split from Rome after about 1500, and is applicable only to those churches which call themselves Protestant.
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December 10 2009 | Protestant | 5 Comments »
I’m doing a project on Marguerite de Navarre and I’m a little confused. What effect did she have on the Protestant Reformation? What were religious beliefs? And help would be nice. Thanks!
As a generous patron of the arts, Marguerite befriended and protected many artists and writers, among them François Rabelais (1483–1553), Clément Marot (1496–1544), and Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585); also, Marguerite was mediator between Roman Catholics and Protestants (including John Calvin). Although Marguerite espoused reform within the Catholic Church, she was not a Calvinist. She did, however, do her best to protect the Reformers and dissuaded Francis I from intolerant measures as long as she could…click on the link….hope this helps
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November 05 2009 | Protestant | 1 Comment »
please find me a picture of a 16th century protestant church! can’t find one anywhere………… thanks
i’ve tried to find it everywhere!
Saint-Guillaume in France, painting dating from that time.
http://saintguillaume.over-blog.com/article-3361200.html
The problem with 16th century is that it is barely the beginning of the protestant movement, they didn’t build churches immediately. You’ll have more chance looking for 17th century churches.
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October 29 2009 | Protestant | 3 Comments »
Is it correct that Los Angeles and Boston are Catholic areas due to Mexican/Irish emigration??
So where are located he Protestant areas?
The more protestant areas I believe are called the bibble belt…
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October 21 2009 | Protestant | 4 Comments »
Is it correct that Los Angeles and Boston are Catholic areas due to Mexican/Irish emigration??
So where are located he Protestant areas?
The more protestant areas I believe are called the bibble belt…
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October 21 2009 | Protestant | 4 Comments »
and what other types of christians are there?
For example…. what are these churches?
Eveangelical
Methodist
Baptist
WHat are the differences ???
and what type of christians are thier?
ie… coptic/ catholic/ protestant…….
"What separates us as believers in Christ is much less than what unites us." (Pope John XXIII)
Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and other Christians.
Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):
By grace alone, in faith in Christ’s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html
There are many minor doctrine issues and some major cultural traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.
A Catholic worships and follows Christ in the tradition of Catholicism which, among other things, recognizes that Christ made Peter the leader of His new Church and Pope Benedict XVI is Peter’s direct successor.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.shtml
With love in Christ.
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October 06 2009 | Protestant | 18 Comments »
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