Protestantism
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- noun
- /ˈprɒtɪstəntɪzəm/
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protestantismo
- The teachings of Protestantism emphasize the authority of Scripture and the necessity of personal faith.
- evangelical Protestantism
- convert to Protestantism
- American Protestantism
They then convert to Protestantism, as many Germans did.
- They then convert to Protestantism, as many Germans did.
- But this is just what life is in this strand of Protestantism.
- For me, it's like Protestantism was Catholicism a little bit.
Examples
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Indonesian law at that time only accepted five religions: Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
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I understand if a person says that Protestantism has a liberal strand.
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First, the impact of the Holocaust on American Protestantism was extraordinary.
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It's much more similar to Protestantism or Judaism in its diversity and lack of hierarchy.
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The key thing to keep in mind is that evangelical Protestantism was different in the 19th century.
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Also, the biggest religion gain is actually Asians to Protestantism, again according to Pew.
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No less significant was the reception of Protestantism after 1873, the year the prohibition of the Christian faith was removed.
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Nevertheless, Ramos's Protestantism never became a critical factor in this generally tolerant society.
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Consistent with the model, we also observed more conversions to Protestantism in Almolonga than in Zunil, and the difference is impressive.
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Protestantism emerged as a response to the perceived corruption within the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation.
Synonyms
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The group of Christian churches that broke away from the Catholic Church
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Churches that split from the Catholic Church and follow Christian teachings different from Catholic ones
Surface Forms
Morphology
Protestantism = Protestant (transparent) = protestant + ism
Clearly formed from the noun/adjective 'Protestant' plus the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism' meaning the system of beliefs or the movement.
Etymology
Protestantism comes from people called protestants, and their name comes from the old Latin word protestari, which means 'to declare publicly' or 'to protest'. So Protestantism is the branch of Christianity that began as a public 'protest' or disagreement with the Catholic Church.