Protestants
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
Moralism is another aspect of the Protestant religion. It was believed that to be one with God you had to live a just, moral life, not just attend sermons. Moralism was evident in the denomination of the New England Puritans. They practiced a life of being spiritually pure. "Alcohol, gambling, sexual promiscuity and even dancing, they thought, could corrupt people and separate them from Jesus" (Albanese 410). Puritans take Moralism to the extreme, not all Protestant denominations stress this belief as intensely as the Puritans, but the basic principle is still implied. 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 believe. An example of this would be Baptist. Baptists follow Protestant traditions but believe that the practice of baptism should be preformed later in life opposed to at birth. In doing so the person has the ability to know what is going on and can decide on their own whether this is something they want to do or not. This type of conformity to their own aspect of Protestantism is also evident in Puri
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