Protestantism in America
It has been over four centuries, since the beginning of the Protestant religion took place in America. Martin Luther, finding himself angry with the Catholic Church and wanting to break away from the restrictions and false beliefs planted inside many mines, started to define his own, new religion of Protestantism. Martin Luther believed the real way to find God, was through the soul of the person. Thus, a new religion was brought to the surface of the world, inspiring many people to question their beliefs and morals. Today, as we mark upon the 21st century, Protestantism is a very powerful belief, that has continued to make its mark upon society. The common beliefs that were started as the foundation of Protestants are still present in our society today. There are three main unifying themes that unite the many Protestant denominations: Individualism, Moralism and Higher law. Although many people have chosen to branch off to separate denominations the basic beliefs of Protestantism still implies in many situations. Under the guidance of Martin Luther, Protestants pressed for individualism. It was Luther's belief that the Roman Catholic hierarchy had become corrupt
Finally Protestants have developed a concept of higher law. "For some, it meant the voice of the biblical God speaking to conscience. For others, it meant the God of nature at work through his law in governing the world" (Albanese 423). The basic creed of this concept put an emphasis on listening to what your conscience tell you is right and through that all is well. The problem with higher law was "in a nation of self-reliant and self-directed individuals, what law or authority could be the final court of appeal" (Albanese 421)? If a government says that something you are doing is against the law but your church encourages this action, what do you do? An example of where this could be an issue is religion in public schools. As a Protestant you are encouraged to voice your religion and try and spread the word of your lord to as many people as you can. If a teacher is preaching religion in a public school they can be arrested. Who is right? The teacher is following t! The Protestant religion has many denominations, these denominations all have the basic creeds of Protestant ideas stressed by Martin Luther but have changed things up a bit to conform to what they b
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