Protestant Christianity
Outcome of the council of trent
- Among the outomes of the council were: - Catholic catechism, - training of priests in seminaries -more stringent rules and guide clergy and religious ad -a more defined hierarchical church
Core beliefs and values
- Divine incarnation and virgin brith of Christ - Trinity - Jesus Christ the savior of entire humanity - The importance of personal relationship with Christ beginning with accepting baptism -Belief in Heaven and hell. Catholics believe in Purgatory in addition. -The belief in resurrection of the dead and the final judgement -Love of God and love of all people -Respect of religious freedom
Refrmation movements lead by
- Martin luther -Ulrich zwingli -John Calvin -King henry VII
Major denominations of Christianity
1) Anglican/ Episcopalian about 80 million spread around 164 countries 2) Assembly of God about 48 million round the world 3) Baptist about 43 million spread around the world 4) Lutheran about 66 million most of whom live in europe -methodist about 11 million around the world -Orthodox Catholics 225 million the highest concentration of Orthodox Christians remains in the former Byzantine Empire (greece, turkey, and russia) -Presbyterian 75 million around the world -Roman Catholics are more than 1.1 billion around the world
Common features of protestants
1) scripture in the ultimate source of authority, dogma, and teachings. The power in the world 2) hymns and spontaneous prayers are key features in worship 3) diversity of faith expressions 4) more recognition of the power of the group over heirarchical structure
Evangelical movement began towards the end of...
19th centurty
pentecostal ovement started in the early years of ...
20th century
Christianity today
33.3% of the entire world population of about 2.1 billion people. 75% of people in America identify themselves as Christians. There are over 9,000 christian denominations in the world today
King Henry VII
Denomination: Anglican church Reformation in England--established himself as the new head of the church in England and further down the road this rebellion adopted some ideas of the Protestant theologians, but remained doctrinally more within the parlance of the Catholic religion
Martin luther
Lutheran church Translated Bible into German, which adopted a 49 book list of the Old testament and recommended the use of vernacular in liturgy
Mennonite
Mennonite intiated by Menno simons- pacifists
Methodist church
Started in England in the in the mid 1700s by the Wesley brothers (john and Charles)
Huldrych zwingli
denomination: Zurich started the reformation in switzerland about the same time as Luther was coming up with his in Germany Rejected certain church teachings like: 1) blessed virgin mary; pilgrimages; different view of original sin; opposed to clerical celibacy; opposed to the use of images in worship Only accepted two sacraments: baptism and Eucharist;
John calvin
denomination: presbyterian church or reformed church established the movement in Geneva in 1536 and from there moved on to set up a formidable protestant reformation that came to be identified as the presbyterian
Quakers or society of friends
started by George Fox
Assembly of God
started in the late 1800s in the USUA by Eudorus Bell and Charles Parham
Catholic reform movement
this was the response of the Catholic Church to the reformation that engulfed the entire Europe One of the biggest response of the Catholic Church to the reformation was the council of trent, with a long interruption between 1552-1562. The council was started by Pope paul III and the decisions of the council were approved and ratified by pope Pius IV in 1564.
