What is the Difference Between Protestantism and Evangelicalism?
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I am very curious how this topic will pan out. I am so totally confused about the different denominations. There are places on line that will give you a bunch of questions to answer and it produces a result of what denomination best matches your beliefs, but it's very often different for me from one day to the next. As a seeker, it's difficult to know which camp to set up my hooch in.
Protest-antism was the protest against the RCC. They deny the authority of the pope, with belief in the Reformation principles of justification by faith, the priesthood of believers, and the Bible being the only authority for truth, over the pope. A Christian, not a catholic or eastern church believer.
Evangel-icalism, as in the belief of the Christian Gospel as presented in the four Gospels, with the Gospel being evangelized to all the world. Which is interesting because the assumption is that if you're Reformed or Calvinist that there is no need to evangelize, because the elect will be saved no matter what. Yet some of the biggest missions groups are Reformed/Calvinist, like New Tribes Missions, The Navigators, Acts 29 and others.
Evangel-icalism, as in the belief of the Christian Gospel as presented in the four Gospels, with the Gospel being evangelized to all the world. Which is interesting because the assumption is that if you're Reformed or Calvinist that there is no need to evangelize, because the elect will be saved no matter what. Yet some of the biggest missions groups are Reformed/Calvinist, like New Tribes Missions, The Navigators, Acts 29 and others.
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All these sect and religion naming is actually NOT important to God.
Always remember:
Our religion is "our PERSONAL relationship with Christ Jesus". There is no need for religion name, for the great commandment is not to have the best religion, but to love others just as you love yourself.
Believe in one God, in salvation through faith alone in Christ alone, and develop your own personal relationship with Him, aaaaand you're set! Good works follow naturally as proof of your genuine obedience (it is not a requirement but a natural output and effect).
God bless you my fellow loving person.
Always remember:
Our religion is "our PERSONAL relationship with Christ Jesus". There is no need for religion name, for the great commandment is not to have the best religion, but to love others just as you love yourself.
Believe in one God, in salvation through faith alone in Christ alone, and develop your own personal relationship with Him, aaaaand you're set! Good works follow naturally as proof of your genuine obedience (it is not a requirement but a natural output and effect).
God bless you my fellow loving person.
Question are you just cutting and pasting from different sights and not giving credit ?
https://christianity.stackexchange....ence-between-protestantism-and-evangelicalism
just a simple question .
Blessings
Bill
https://christianity.stackexchange....ence-between-protestantism-and-evangelicalism
just a simple question .
Blessings
Bill
Some Catholics have purgatory after you die to clean you up to make you acceptable to God.
Some evangelicals/protestants have their own type of purgatory now in this life to clean you up and make you acceptable to God.
The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ says that He has made us blameless, righteous and sanctified by His own doing on the cross and resurrection by grace through faith to all those who believe.
He has made us accepted in the Beloved. ( Eph. 1:6 ) - No purgatory....
Some evangelicals/protestants have their own type of purgatory now in this life to clean you up and make you acceptable to God.
The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ says that He has made us blameless, righteous and sanctified by His own doing on the cross and resurrection by grace through faith to all those who believe.
He has made us accepted in the Beloved. ( Eph. 1:6 ) - No purgatory....
Depends on the speaker or on the country and context.
Sometimes it is used as two names for one thing.
Sometimes it is said that protestantism has two sub-branches - evangelicals (from Luther) and reformed (from Calvin).
And sometimes it is as Marcelo wrote. Protestantism can point to a historical movement and evangelicalism to the life according to the Bible.
But the vast majority of protestants do not distinguish those terms technically.
So I am afraid you will not get the "only one true answer" here.
Sometimes it is used as two names for one thing.
Sometimes it is said that protestantism has two sub-branches - evangelicals (from Luther) and reformed (from Calvin).
And sometimes it is as Marcelo wrote. Protestantism can point to a historical movement and evangelicalism to the life according to the Bible.
But the vast majority of protestants do not distinguish those terms technically.
So I am afraid you will not get the "only one true answer" here.
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1Co 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1Co 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Co 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1Co 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1Co 1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
1Co 1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1Co 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
Act 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Act 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
I of Joseph Smith,and I of John Calvin,and I of Martin Luther,and I of Mary Eddy,and I of Charles Russell,and I of the Pope,and I of Lafayette Hubbard,and I of this person you never heard of,and I of that person unbeknownst to you.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Jas 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Who cares what spouts out of their mouth,or what spouts out of their pen that spouts out of their mind.
Looking up to people as spiritual giants,when there is only one spiritual giant,Jesus,and His saints those of the Bible,who got their message from Jesus to relate it to us.
It seems like a person that has a big following,and is popular among a lot of people,they have wrong interpretations,although we should still go to Church,but when the preacher tells the message we are to check the word of God,but this does not happen too often,for not a lot of people only go by the word of God,and take it for what it is,but the majority of people go by what that Church denomination already laid down as the standard format of the Church.
But even if we disagree with that pastor on little things,as long it adheres to that which is important,and preaches nothing that gets in the way of salvation,or could lead people astray,we should still assemble with the saints,but a person can assemble with the saints on their own without going to a Church.
I do not take heed to these people that people consider as spiritual giants,and have a great following,for God does not allow them to know more than anyone else,but gives to all people liberally,and unbraids not,and when I look at what they have written I see falsehood with things,so why take heed to them,for if they are spiritual giants how can they not understand.
1Co 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Co 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1Co 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1Co 1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
1Co 1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1Co 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
Act 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Act 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
I of Joseph Smith,and I of John Calvin,and I of Martin Luther,and I of Mary Eddy,and I of Charles Russell,and I of the Pope,and I of Lafayette Hubbard,and I of this person you never heard of,and I of that person unbeknownst to you.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Jas 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Who cares what spouts out of their mouth,or what spouts out of their pen that spouts out of their mind.
Looking up to people as spiritual giants,when there is only one spiritual giant,Jesus,and His saints those of the Bible,who got their message from Jesus to relate it to us.
It seems like a person that has a big following,and is popular among a lot of people,they have wrong interpretations,although we should still go to Church,but when the preacher tells the message we are to check the word of God,but this does not happen too often,for not a lot of people only go by the word of God,and take it for what it is,but the majority of people go by what that Church denomination already laid down as the standard format of the Church.
But even if we disagree with that pastor on little things,as long it adheres to that which is important,and preaches nothing that gets in the way of salvation,or could lead people astray,we should still assemble with the saints,but a person can assemble with the saints on their own without going to a Church.
I do not take heed to these people that people consider as spiritual giants,and have a great following,for God does not allow them to know more than anyone else,but gives to all people liberally,and unbraids not,and when I look at what they have written I see falsehood with things,so why take heed to them,for if they are spiritual giants how can they not understand.
Evangelicals believe in justification by faith alone, and the authority of Scripture as the sole rule of faith in the life of the believer. All Protestants were evangelicals during the Reformation, but since the Reformation, there are Protestants which deny justification by faith alone or the authority of Scripture as the sole rule of faith. Some of them hold to tradition as being the interpretative lens through which Scripture must be viewed. Some don't even believe Scripture is inspired and infallible.
Well said. Many protestant denominations that started off evangelical have since rejected Biblical authority.
Below is from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) website.This statement and more can be found here.
The NAE/LifeWay Research method includes four statements to which respondents must strongly agree to be categorized as evangelical:
Below is from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) website.This statement and more can be found here.
The NAE/LifeWay Research method includes four statements to which respondents must strongly agree to be categorized as evangelical:
- The Bible is the highest authority for what I believe.
- It is very important for me personally to encourage non-Christians to trust Jesus Christ as their Savior.
- Jesus Christ’s death on the cross is the only sacrifice that could remove the penalty of my sin.
- Only those who trust in Jesus Christ alone as their Savior receive God’s free gift of eternal salvation.
