Any of several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation
A concept in theology, sociology, economics and history which emphasizes hard work, frugality and diligence as a constant display of a person's salvation in the Christian faith, in contrast to the focus upon religious attendance, confession, and ceremonial sacrament in the Catholic tradition
Protestant means relating to Protestants or their churches. Most Protestant churches now have women ministers. a member of a part of the Christian church that separated from the Roman Catholic church in the 16th century. Protestant Reformation Episcopal Church Protestant Protestant ethic
The Episcopal Church. Descendant of the Church of England in the U.S. With the American Revolution, the Church of England was disestablished in the U.S. (1789), and American Anglicans renamed it the Protestant Episcopal Church. The church accepts both the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds and a modified version of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. The General Convention is the highest ecclesiastical authority, and it is headed by a presiding bishop, which it elects. The Reformed Episcopal Church broke away from the main body in 1873. The church accepted the ordination of women in 1976
Value attached to hard work, thrift, and self-discipline under certain Protestant doctrines, particularly those of Calvinism. Max Weber, in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904-05), held that the Protestant ethic was an important factor in the economic success of Protestant groups in the early stages of European capitalism, in that worldly success came to be interpreted as a sign of the individual's election to eternal salvation. Weber's thesis was variously criticized and expanded throughout the 20th century. See also Protestantism; Richard H. Tawney
A form of Christianity after the Reformation Protestant is used to describe the churches which do not belong to the Roman Catholic or Orthodox churches
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Strictly speaking, Protestants were those Roman Catholic clergy and lay people in and around the sixteenth century who sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church from within, but whose efforts were rewarded with excommunication The term also applies to the churches they founded after they were cast out General usage has expanded the term to include any western religious group that is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church
One who protests; originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V
and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church
A Christian who affirms the teachings of the Reformation: justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the only source of revealed truth
Any branch of the Christian church that broke away from the catholic church after the reformation Their motto was - Sola scriptura - the bible and the bible only The Eastern Orthodox church broke away several centuries earlier See Catholic See Ecumenism See The Reformation
Christian who does not follow the Roman Catholic Church but whose faith is based on that of Luther or Calvin The name given to the Christian Churches which broke away from the Roman Catholic Church after 1517 The original three were the Lutheran, Anglican and Calvinist Churches, but several others developed from them - Baptists, Anabaptists, Episcopalians, Methodists, Unitarians and Plymouth Brethren, to name just a few