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Protestantism

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christiannoun	A believer in Christianity.
christianitynoun	An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
lutheranismnoun	The Christian denomination based on the beliefs and doctrines developed by Martin Luther and his immediate followers.
methodismnoun	The Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England.
anglicanismnoun	The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church.
calvinismnoun	The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially John Calvin, in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.
reformed christianity	Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
evangelical christianity	—
congregationalismnoun	Any of several forms of church organization in which each congregation is responsible for its own government.
pietismnoun	(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
presbyterianismnoun	That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
wesleyanismnoun	The theological system propounded by John Wesley; commonly called Methodism.
adventismnoun	The Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller in 19th-century United States.
quakerismnoun	The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
puritanismnoun	Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples.
anabaptismnoun	The doctrine espoused by Anabaptists.
pentecostalismnoun	(Christianity) A religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit and is known for speaking in tongues.
nonconformismnoun	(often capitalized, English church history) Protestantism in England outside of the Anglican Church of England.
evangelicalismnoun	(Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
protestancynoun	(archaic) Protestantism