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4 days ago · Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes the direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. The word Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost in the Bible , the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the ...
5 days ago · John Calvin, theologian and ecclesiastical statesman. He was the leading French Protestant reformer and the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. Learn more about Calvin’s life, beliefs, and significance in this article.
3 days ago · Many Protestant Christians, such as Lutherans and the Reformed, believe in the doctrine of sola scriptura—that the Bible is a self-sufficient revelation, the final authority on all Christian doctrine, and revealed all truth necessary for salvation; other Protestant Christians, such as Methodists and Anglicans, affirm the doctrine of prima ...
4 days ago · Photo Credit: Lightstock. 1. They Combine Denominations of Protestants. One of the biggest misconceptions many Catholics have about Protestant Christians is that all Protestants are the same. In ...
4 days ago · Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Learn more about the Church of England in this article.
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4 days ago · Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders. Though there are other Reformed churches that are structurally similar, the word Presbyterian is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that ...
3 days ago · Southern Baptism Convention, the largest Baptist group in the United States, organized at Augusta, Georgia, in 1845 by Southern Baptists who disagreed with the antislavery stance of Northern Baptists. It has long been by far the largest American Protestant body, and it is now among the most ethnically diverse.
