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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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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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"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..."
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"These are people who wanted total equality and democracy and freedom in the world, because they believe that is the will of God, okay?..."
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"...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..."
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"...and it still continues today, okay? Every day, you have new denominations opening up, because people are interpreting the Bible differently. Another thing that..."
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"...First of all, it's important to remember that there are many denominations in Christianity. So there's a lot of disagreements, okay?"
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"...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..."
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"...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..."
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"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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The Protestant Reformation begins as liberation from priest, pope, and ritual.
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