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| | Protestantism - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
 | | In a broader sense of the word, Protestantism is the collective name for numerous denominations, of Western European origin, that broke with the Roman Catholic Church as a result of the influence of Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran churches, and John Calvin, founder of the Calvinist movement. | | | It generally refers to those that separated from the Catholic Church in the Reformation of the 16th century, their offshoots, and those that share similar doctrines or ideologies. | | | In German speaking areas the word Protestant still refers to Lutheran churches in contrast to Reformed churches, while the common designation for all churches originating from the Reformation is Evangelical. |
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| | Protestantism - encyclopedia article about Protestantism. |
| | Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. | | | In German-speaking and Scandinavian lands, the word "Protestant" still refers to Lutheran churches in contrast to Reformed churches, while the common designation for all churches originating from the Reformation is "Evangelical". | | | Protestants often refer to specific Protestant churches and groups as denominations to imply that they are differently named parts of the whole church. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Protestantism |
| | From this time forward the progress of Protestantism is on political rather than on religious lines; the people are not clamouring for innovations, but the rulers find their advantage in being supreme bishops, and by force, or cunning, or both impose the yoke of the new Gospel on their subjects. | | | Protestantism does not depreciate good works; but it denies their value as sources or conditions of justification, and insists on them as the necessary fruits of faith, and evidence of justification. | | | The Calvinistic branches of Protestantism went farther in their antagonism to the received traditions than the Lutheran and the Anglican; but all united in rejecting the authority of the pope. |
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