medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 8:42 PM -0500 9/17/02, Dennis Martin wrote:
>In conclusion, I think the fundamental misunderstanding involved
>here is the common equation (for the western European realm) of
>"Protestant" with "non-Catholic Christian." To some degree it would
>work for the Continent, but the peculiarities of English religious
>history render it a source of confusion. Even on the Continent,
>certain circles within Lutheranism would call themselves
>"Evangelical Catholics" (again, to some degree as the result of
>re-catholicizing trends in recent centuries) and would resist the
>label "Protestant." It is the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition that
>has most proudly worn that label over the centuries, and even there
>there were exceptions (Philip Schaff and the Mercersburg Theology).
Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends) have also usually resisted
being identified as "Protestants" from a fairly early date in their
history (which began in the 1650s, hence is definitely
post-medieval). I suspect this is partly because they don't hold with
predestination and therefore wanted to differentiate themselves from
the Calvinists. Quaker Christology and ecclesiology are also markedly
different from those of the majority of Christians of the time.
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