Word: protestantism
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Some Christians, however, have always held doggedly to literal interpretations of such texts. This view flourishes in the U.S., not only in such sects as Jehovah's Witnesses and Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God but also within evangelical and fundamentalist Protestant churches. Literalists are called...
In the matter of the nation's soul, the impulse was collective from the start. Our so-called Protestant ethic would appear to endorse rugged individualism as the engine of hard work, but in fact the Puritan fathers were mainly concerned with individuals as contributors to a social compact...
Maglione says various evidence backs up the school's claim, including two letters written by Jonas Michaelius, the first ordained Dutch Reformed Protestant Church minister in Manhattan. Michaelius wrote that he began teaching in Manhattan in 1628, and Maglione says the minister's efforts later led to the founding of...
The Unification Church believes the line of towering Judeo-Christian prophets begins with Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, and is revived with Reverend Moon. According to this view, Christ redeemed man's spirit while Moon wants to redeem the whole man; to exalt his material side as well as his...
There was "bad bastards on both sides," as a Protestant admits, and there are innocent sufferers too. "If they were all like Shamie [Cal's father] there'd be less trouble 'round here," a Catholic remarks. There is one tragic twist in MacLaverty's plot which reverberates throughout the film...