that only came into existence with the Protestant Reformation?
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There was only one church during the the time of the apostles and stayed that way for a thousand years. Then it split into two- the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. You will find the Church of Jesus Christ when you look for Peter who was the leader of Christians after the resurrection. You will find that church in Rome. Protestants didn't exist until the 16th century!
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You are right on so many levels, but being a protestant (Baptist) myself, I know that there are some things that needed to be changed from the Catholic church. The Bible is open to free interpretation by all who read it, that's why so many denominations have been started. I am a Baptist because generally, Baptists believe the Bible word for word and that's how I believe it should be looked at.\n\n(Contact me if you want to chat about religious stuff. I want to be a Youth Minister :D)
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Well they were all protestants of course but the denomination that most Connecticut residents were (the largest plularity) was prebysterians followed by Episcopalian (since the Anglicans in the new United States all left the Anglican Church).
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There are countless denominations here are a few.\n\nBaptist\nMethodist\nLutheran\nCalvinist\nPresbyterian\nPentecostal Apostolic\nUnity\nMormon - though radically different from mainstream\nJehovah Witnesses\nCatholic\njust to name a few
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Yes. Until the New, New Testament.
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Ummmm...here it's called the Nicene Creed.  A majority of protestant churches follow this.  Maybe you should read it...\nMajority of protestants repeat this every sunday during service.\n\nQuoted from the Creed:\n"We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church"
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The scintific reformation had bigger inpact as it started to change many peoples views on God, for the first time science didn't revolve or make reasons for things concerning God, so it made people for the first time in English history actually challenge the existance of any God.
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from my experience, i've never gotten a solid answer to the question you are asking.  a typical response is usually that shortly after the canon was etablished, the church strayed and people started believing erroneous things. a specific point in history is never mentioned, just a nebulous falling away to the point of not being Christian any more, as if somehow the Holy Spirit stopped being with the church.  I disagree and believe the Holy Spirit will be with us always.
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Generally speaking, you can divide protestants into "mainline" and "evangelical." Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ, etc are mainline. Baptist, Pentecostals, most "non-denominational" and Churches of Christ would be considered evangelical. Methodists are typically the "midpoint" with some characteristics of both.\n\nEvangelical means those who proselyze, while mainline churches typically don't seek out(but welcome) converts. Evangelicals also believe in a "born-again" experience.
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Assuming that you're in reference to baptism and the Lord's supper its because they claim to see only these two in the Bible, and the Bible supposedly being their sole guide in faith and practice, those are the only ones they keep. But not all stop at two. Some keep foot washing as an ordinance, others like the Lutherans actually have confession available for those who desire to avail themselves of it, and some think of ordination as a sacrament. But then there's that other side of the coin too. Strictly speaking a "sacrament" gives grace. Most protestants don't believe that and refer to such practices as church ordinances. I know ... The water just keeps getting muddier. But that's the thing as I understand it. ;-)
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Not in Bible. I thought the Catholics stopped that practice on the 60's? Maybe some still do? They are not consistent from place to place-but who else is.
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Catholocism was outlawed there for quite some time, but Catholics persisted.  Now, many Anglican parishes are joining the Catholic Church as whole parishes.  Let's hope and pray that the two can someday be reunited under the leadership of the successor of St. Peter.\n\nBy the way, Henry VII remained a Catholic all his life -- it was Henry VIII who broke away from the Church -- and it was in the 1600's, not the 1800's.
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is there such a thing?
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Protestants started with a monk Martin Luther who rebelled against the corruption of the RC church in his time (15th Century). Anglicans were started by Henry VIII who wanted a divorce. Protestant tends to cover Baptists and other groups that are quite 'back to basics' with regard to the Bible. Anglican covers a spectrum from Anglo-catholic (more like RC) to Evangelical (more like Pentecostal). The biggest difference though is in how they view Holy Communion. Anglicans would be closer to the Roman Catholic interpretation (Jesus spiritually and physically present), whereas Proteatants see it just as a memorial meal of the last supper.
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Good point. The Crusades took place because the Roman Catholic Church forbid the common man from having the Bible, locked it up behind gates and said, "Thus and thus is what God says." From this we got inquisitions, crusades, indulgences and the like.\n\nWhen the reformation translated the Bible into German and English, the average person could stand up to the evil popery and say "No!" for the Bible says thus and thus. Then the killing and fleecing soon stopped.\n___________________________\n\nMaster of Goats - Not true, so watch who you call dim-wit. Members of a synagogue would take turns reading the Torah. It was also part of the writ of becoming a man at 13 to read and comment on the scriptures.
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If you want to read the books that Martin Luther took out of his Protestant abomination called a "bible" they are in the true bible, the Douay Rheims version which is the original translated by St. Jerome. These books were taken out by Luther because they proved Catholicism to be true and were a threat to the heresy of Protestantism. Here is a link to one: http://www.miqcenter.com/books/0-bibles.shtml \nor you can find it online at:\nhttp://www.drbo.org/
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Puritanism, movement arising within the Church of England in the latter part of the 16th century that sought to purify, or reform, that church and establish a middle course between Roman Catholicism and the ideas of the Protestant reformers (see Church of England). It had a continuous life within the church until the Stuart Restoration (1660). Puritanism reached North America with the English settlers who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It remained the dominant religious force in New England throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.\n\nThe term Puritanism is also used in a broader sense to refer to attitudes and values considered characteristic of the Puritans. Thus, the Separatists in the 16th century, the Quakers (see Friends, Society of) in the 17th century, and Nonconformists after the Restoration may be called Puritans, although they were no longer part of the established church. The founders of New England, for whom immigration to America constituted withdrawal from the mother church, are also commonly called Puritans.\n\nFinally, the word puritanism has often been used as a term of abuse in a way that does scant justice to historical Puritanism—for instance, when a rigid moralism, the condemnation of innocent pleasure, or religious narrowness is stigmatized as puritanical.\n\nEven within the Church of England, a precise definition of Puritanism is elusive. The leading Puritan clergyman during the reign of Elizabeth I was Thomas Cartwright, who denied he was one. Cartwright advocated a presbyterian form of church government that gave control to committees of ministers and lay members. His purpose was to free the church from the control of bishops appointed by the monarchy, which was hostile to Puritanism. Puritanism, however, cannot be identified with presbyterianism because a major segment of the movement eventually adopted congregationalism, in which there is no church hierarchy and each individual congregation is self-governing. The essence of Puritanism is an intense commitment to a morality, a form of worship, and a civil society strictly conforming to God's commandments.\n\nPuritan theology is a version of Calvinism. It asserts the basic sinfulness of humankind; but it also declares that by an eternal decree God has determined that some will be saved through the righteousness of Christ despite their sins. No one can be certain in this life what his or her eternal destiny will be. Nevertheless, the experience of conversion, in which the soul is touched by the Holy Spirit, so that the inward bias of the heart is turned from sinfulness to holiness, is at least some indication that one is of the elect.\n\nThe experience of conversion was therefore central to Puritan spirituality. Much of Puritan preaching was concerned with it. This concern was evident in questions such as how conversion comes about—whether in a blinding flash as with Saint Paul on the road to Damascus, or following well-defined stages of preparation; how one can distinguish actual conversion from the counterfeit; and why not everyone will be converted. Puritan spiritual life stressed self-discipline and introspection, through which one sought to determine whether particular spiritual strivings were genuine marks of sainthood. Although full assurance might never be attained, the conviction of having been chosen by God fortified the Puritans to contend with what they regarded as wantonness in society and faithfulness in the church, and to endure the hardships involved in trying to create a Christian commonwealth in America.\n\nPuritanism was not static and unchanging. At first it simply stood for further reform of worship, but soon it began to attack episcopacy—church government by bishops, as in the Church of England—as unscriptural. At times the difference between the Puritans and the Anglicans (members of the Church of England) seems to have been as much a matter of differing cultural values as one of differing theological opinions. For ex