{"id":14305,"date":"2024-04-10T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/?page_id=14305"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:38:06","slug":"protestant-reformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/protestant-reformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Protestant Reformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inevitably there came the temptations of power and prosperity within the [Roman Catholic, \u201cUniversal\u201d] church and opposition to its growing power and prosperity from without. Then came the Reformation. Roman Catholic scholars readily admit that there were corrupt individuals within the church, that many of its members had sinned and that some of its hierarchy had done wrong, and that reform was necessary. Indeed, reform was under way before the Reformation broke; Martin Luther himself was a Catholic reformer within the church before he became a Protestant. Erasmus and Savonarola wrote and preached against the corruption and worldliness of certain Roman Catholic leaders and laymen, but they stayed within the church. That all these reformers had a case against the members of the Roman Church is not denied by the Roman Catholics; they do, however, maintain that while priests and bishops and even popes may err, the one true church cannot err, and that Luther was wrong in rebelling against the church. But rebel he did, and the Roman Church suffered its most fateful division.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/protestant-reformation\/#readbelow\">Continue reading below<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_apologies_made_by_Pope_John_Paul_II\">Why so many apologies if truly representing Jesus and His love?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesuitpost.org\/2021\/02\/catholic-101-how-are-we-saved\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thejesuitpost.org\/2021\/02\/catholic-101-how-are-we-saved\/\">&#8220;the Catholic Church does NOT endorse one particular understanding of salvation.&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> <strong>The evangelistic Church has <a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/jesus-world-savior\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/jesus-world-savior\/\">Biblical explanation of Salvation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catholic-Protestant.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Major Doctrine Differences<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12748\" style=\"width:192px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231126_061541-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/angeluspress.org\/pages\/free-resources\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/angeluspress.org\/pages\/free-resources\">Angelus Press<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WasingtonDC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WasingtonDC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11570\" style=\"width:176px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WasingtonDC.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WasingtonDC-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Washington D.C. Freemasonry Layout. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2023-11\/vatican-catholics-still-forbidden-masonic-lodge.html#:~:text=The%20Dicastery%20for%20the%20Doctrine%20of%20the%20Faith%2C,reaffirmed%20that%20Catholics%20are%20forbidden%20from%20joining%20Freemasonry.\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2023-11\/vatican-catholics-still-forbidden-masonic-lodge.html#:~:text=The%20Dicastery%20for%20the%20Doctrine%20of%20the%20Faith%2C,reaffirmed%20that%20Catholics%20are%20forbidden%20from%20joining%20Freemasonry.\">Vatican&#8217;s Official view on Freemasonry.<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/holy-roman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/holy-roman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10525\" style=\"width:127px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/holy-roman.jpg 245w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/holy-roman-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Holy Roman Empire- double headed eagle-church, state<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12196\" style=\"width:106px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243-768x1226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243-962x1536.jpg 962w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scan0243.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>America not a Christian Nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/en\/controversy\/politics-and-the-church\/is-america-a-christian-nation.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/en\/controversy\/politics-and-the-church\/is-america-a-christian-nation.html\">You have been deceived if you thought it were so<\/a>!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pope20USA202008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pope20USA202008.jpg 551w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pope20USA202008-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/the-complicated-history-of-popes-and-us-presidents\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/the-complicated-history-of-popes-and-us-presidents\">The Complicated History Of Popes And U.S. Presidents<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Putin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Putin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7414\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Vladimir Putin, Russia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2022\/03\/02\/what-does-vladimir-putin-believe-about-god-the-religious-backstory-in-the-shadows-of-the-ukraine-russian-battle\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2022\/03\/02\/what-does-vladimir-putin-believe-about-god-the-religious-backstory-in-the-shadows-of-the-ukraine-russian-battle\/\">Russia&#8217;s brand of Christianity<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/intern8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/intern8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2510\" style=\"width:143px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/intern8.jpg 666w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/intern8-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>1940 <a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/freemasonry-vermont\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/freemasonry-vermont\/\">Freemason<\/a> Bible. Note Double Headed eagle.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC02040.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/riverview\/relatedvideo?q=first+nations+canada+pope+2022+video&amp;mid=FCE3BEB8994E8A1D10F5FCE3BEB8994E8A1D10F5&amp;FORM=VIRE\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/riverview\/relatedvideo?q=first+nations+canada+pope+2022+video&amp;mid=FCE3BEB8994E8A1D10F5FCE3BEB8994E8A1D10F5&amp;FORM=VIRE\">Pope apologizing to First Nation People for abuse.<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"readbelow\"><strong>There were, too, other reasons for the revolt. There was the growth of nationalism and secularism, the ambitions of political princes and rulers with great personal ambitions who wanted no interference from the church. And there was the Renaissance, with its revival of Greek and Roman pagan influences and emphases. All these forces worked together to produce the Reformation; even the Counter Reformation already at work within the structure of the Roman Church, which came to a head in the Council of Trent, could not stop it, for the Protestant insistence upon Christ as the head of the Christian church, the Bible as its authority, the Holy Spirit as its inspiration, the fellowship of its membership as its strength, personal experience in Christ as the way to salvation, and the right of individual interpretation of the Scriptures denied too much of the authority and dogma of Roman Catholic church for any compromise to be effective. <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/handbookofdenomi0010mead\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/handbookofdenomi0010mead\">-Protestant Churches,-Handbook of Denominations<\/a>, Frank S. Mead, pg 196; \u00a9 1961<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead-616x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead-616x1024.jpg 616w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead-768x1276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead-924x1536.jpg 924w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Religious-Lead.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/HitlerChurch-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/HitlerChurch-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/HitlerChurch-Copy.jpg 521w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/HitlerChurch-Copy-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Hitler and a false church!<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler\">Hitler raised with a Roman Catholic background.<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAbandonment of early pacifist principles began at the conversion of Constantine from paganism to Christianity. He virtually made the church an agency of Roman State, and<em>&nbsp;abandoning her anti-military convictions.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>-C. J. Cadoux, historian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/thomas-ambassador\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/thomas-ambassador\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"95\" class=\"wp-image-14977\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Christhope.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Christhope.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Christhope-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Christhope-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jesushn.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Christhope-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> Are you kidding me? It takes 1000 years for the Roman Church to get it right? Jesus said 2000 years ago, &#8220;Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good&#8221; (Romans 12:21).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Popes True Revolution<\/strong>&nbsp;(excerpt):\u201dBut what made this document revolutionary was its total renunciation of the use of coercion [government by force] in defense of the truth [Holy Scripture]. It overturned a tradition of sanctioned violence that went back to Constantine and St. Augustine. [Pope] Paul VI made its meaning explicit by going to the United Nations General Assembly to declare, \u2018No more war! War never again!\u2019&nbsp;<strong>This was a reversal of Pope Urban II\u2019s 1095 call for the Crusades: \u201cGod wills it!\u2019<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;<em>-TIME, April 11, 2005<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inevitably there came the temptations of power and prosperity within the [Roman Catholic, \u201cUniversal\u201d] church and opposition to its growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14305"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15044,"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14305\/revisions\/15044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesushn.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}