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The Protestant Roots
They loved not their lives to the death.” (
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John Wy=
cliff.
Roman Church dug up his bones and burned
·
John Hus. Roman Church burned
him
·
Savonarola. He was put to de=
ath
by burning.
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Martin Luther. Returned back to true Christianity, the authority of scripture, by
protesting against Roman Catholicism.
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John Calvin. The theologian<=
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Queen Mary Roman Cathol=
ic
burned 300 Reformers men and women in
·
William Tyndale was burned by
the Roman Catholic Church.
·
John Knox. <=
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greatest reformer.
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Huguenots of
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·
1500s to 1600s. William Perkins, Thomas Goodwin, Richa=
rd
Sibbes, John Rogers, Samuel Rutherford, Richard Baxter, John Owen, John Bun=
yan,
Matthew Henry and others.
·
1620 Pilgrim reformers arriv=
e in
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18th Century,
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George Whitefield. (1714-70)=
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R.L. Dabney (1820-1898)
·
Charles Hodge (1797-1878)
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John Ryle (1816-1900)=
·
Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
(1834-1892)
Today majority of the modern Churches have fallen a=
way
from the purity of the Reformation and embraced Roman Catholicism, Arminian=
ism
and other religions.
All Protestant Christians agree it was the reformation that
brought us out of the darkness of Romanism, but do they know their history?
Most don't, a pastor in a well known church told me that he is not aware of=
the
history of the Protestants!
The reformation that brought us out of the darkness of Romanism. The term Reformation is a historical t=
erm
that goes back almost four centuries. It refers to a period when the church
underwent a "reformation" as men of God attempted to return
Christianity to the authority of Scripture. The desire of the Reformation w=
as
not to change God's word but rather to bring the church back to the early
Christian church. Led by men like Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli and John
Calvin, John Knox and the others. The Reformation churches split off from t=
he
errors of the medieval Roman church and began what we know today as
Protestantism. The Protestant churches were born out of the Reformation.
In the 1500’s, Queen Ma=
ry of
The Protestants were persecuted and
When John Knox went back from Geneva to Scotlan=
d,
his soul cried out to the Lord,”O Lord give me Scotland, or I die” The
reformation came to Scotland. Then in the 1800’s Charles Spurgeon said, =
The
old truths that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, is the truth that=
I
preach today, or else I would be false to my conscience and to my God. I cannot shape the truth. I know of no=
such
thing of paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my gospel, and=
the
gospel which thundered through
Without human manipulations for altar cal=
ls,
or using sensational and emotional gimmicks, Spurgeon trusted on God alone =
to
convict the sinners, as he said, "I do not come to this pulpit hoping =
that
perhaps somebody will of his own free will return to Christ. My hope lies in
another quarter, I hope that my Master will lay hold of some of them and sa=
y,
‘you are mine, and you shall be mine, I claim you for myself.’ My hope =
arises
from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will."
Jonah learned good theology in a strange school, in the
belly of a great fish, as he realized salvation comes from the Lord! (Jonah
3:9) God pardons and justifies, a=
nd
delivers from hell. All the glory=
to
God!
Calvinism and Arminianism
Arminius, Ja=
cobus
was a Calvinist before, and then later he was influenced by humanistic
traditions. Then he developed his own system of belief known as Arminianism.
Some of the followers gave support to his views by signing Remonstrance a
theological authoritative decision. Then a bitter controversy sprang on this
subject. Then the Arminians made their five points first.
In November
13, 1618, 39
pastors, 18 ruling elders, 5 professors and 19 delegates were invited to se=
ttle
this issue at Synod of Dort. It lasted for seven months. What was the resul=
t? Arminianism
was unanimously rejected and condemned. The five theological points of Calvinism =
were
formulated to answer the five points of Arminianism.
Election is not a controversial issue. Charles Spurgeon said on the
election, "I do not hesitate to say, that next to the doctrine of the
crucifixion and the resurrection of our blessed Lord, no doctrine had such
prominence in the early Christian church as the doctrine of the election of
Grace." Today Pastors feel very uncomfortable on this subject and they
will avoid it as the plague. Many believe that Calvinists are against
evangelism. This is also false as one of the greatest soul winners was non
other than Charles Spurgeon who a Calvinist, then there are others like Wil=
liam
Carey, David Brainerd, Henry Martin, Jim Elliot, Adoniram Judson John Paton=
and
host of other great missionaries were Calvinists. Arminianism was unanimous=
ly
rejected and condemned at the Synod of Dort, but today majority of the chur=
ches
embrace Arminianism. Our goal is to show the errors of Arminianism and to b=
ring
the doctrines of grace back to the Church.=
Arminians get confused between Calvinism and Hyper Calvinism. The da=
nger
is not Calvinism but Hyper Calvin=
ism.
Majority of the modern chu=
rches
are Arminian in their doctrine. All Roman Catholic churches are Arminian in
doctrine. Also Wesleyan/Methodists, Anglican,