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Christianity was introduced with the first European settlers beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries. Colonists from Northern Europe introduced Protestantism in its Anglican and Reformed forms to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Netherland, Virginia Colony, and Carolina Colony.
Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's population (or 141 million people) in 2019. [1] Other estimates suggest that 48.5% of the U.S. population (or 157 million people) is Protestant. [2]
Jul 23, 2017 · This was recorded on Facebook Live on July 23, 2017. The first 30 minutes is from my course "A Brief History of Protestantism in the United States", and com...
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Protestantism. Protestantism originated from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. The term Protestant comes from the Protestation at Speyer in 1529, where the nobility protested against enforcement of the Edict of Worms which subjected advocates of Lutheranism to forfeit of all their property. [1]
The first half hour is a continuation of my course "A Brief History of Protestantism in the United State... This was broadcast on October 1, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.
