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Jiang's summary of the Protestant Reformation: God can be accessed through scripture and self-study without priestly mediation.
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Direct access to God
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "in the Catholic Church yes okay all right so that's true but um something that you guys don't appreciate is there was always opposition..."
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Jiang says the Protestant movement was not a sudden novelty because opposition to the Catholic Church had always existed, especially around two complaints: the Church was too worldly and it blocked direct access to God.
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Jiang says the Cathars and related Christian sects were suppressed because they maintained direct connection to God outside church control, and he links that suppression to the Albigensian Crusade.
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"in the Catholic Church yes okay all right so that's true but um something that you guys don't appreciate is there was always opposition..."
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"church but they came about because of their harsh criticism criticism of church power and wealth okay and the second thing about the church..."
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"...key idea of the Protestant Reformation is that you have direct access to God. Right? And, how do you access God? Through the Bible...."
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"Corruption is a huge issue but also orthodoxy. And, so the idea of the Protestant Reformation is that you can access God through the..."
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"...church was seen as corrupt and because the church denied direct access to god okay and this is something that bronte will discuss at..."
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"...American Americans fundamentally believe in individualism and in liberty and direct access to God. So, yeah, I think the Catholic Church and the Mormons..."
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"...the spokesperson for God. But Protestantism believes that we have direct access to God."
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"...truly believe in God, God will forgive you. You have direct access to God, okay? So, he's denying the authority of the Pope, which..."
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"...Now, let's look at the Protestants, okay? They believed in direct access to God through the Bible. Well, the Vikings believed in courage. What..."
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