A live student answer proposes that Jesus dies and resurrects in order to prove he is truly divine, and Jiang says some denominations in fact teach the crucifixion-resurrection this way.
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Denominations
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The Reformation opens a Pandora's box because removing papal authority lets peasants, towns, and denominations claim God's will for radically different social orders.
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"cure himself just because he wants to show that he's not he's really uh the the son of god because some people keep doubt..."
"yeah and certain certain denominations teach this yes to prove that he is truly divine"
"And as I mentioned, the first believers in the Protestant religion are actually townspeople. That's aspirational middle class. They want to be connected with..."
"These are people who wanted total equality and democracy and freedom in the world, because they believe that is the will of God, okay?..."
"...of all, it's extremely diverse, okay? There are lots of different denominations. The Lutherans are those who believe in Martin Luther, okay? The Calvinists..."
"...and it still continues today, okay? Every day, you have new denominations opening up, because people are interpreting the Bible differently. Another thing that..."
"...First of all, it's important to remember that there are many denominations in Christianity. So there's a lot of disagreements, okay?"
"...one Catholic Church but there's like tens of thousands of Protestant denominations okay does that make sense okay all right so then with Direct..."
"...that Paul's church, which was the smallest of all these different denominations of early Christianity, why would they triumph in the end? Okay, first..."
"Their denomination in Jerusalem was targeted, and they were extinguished, okay? So this is important because remember, the major authority figure at this time..."
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