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Definition of Protestantism

1. Noun. The theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation.

Definition of Protestantism

1. n. The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.

Definition of Protestantism

1. Noun. The Protestant (rather than the Roman Catholic or Orthodox) Christian faith. ¹

2. Noun. Collectively, the Protestant churches or the Protestants. ¹

3. Noun. The beliefs held by the Protestant churches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protestantism

Literary usage of Protestantism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The distinctive characteristics of protestantism continue to be those which the ... The history of protestantism exhibits the gradual working out into full ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"protestantism IN IRELAND. It is difficult to decide whether the strength or ... The rank and wealth of Ireland are chiefly Protestant, and protestantism ..."

3. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1873)
"The ferment that attended the rise of protestantism must eventually lead to a ... protestantism was a movement of reform, arising within the Church. ..."

4. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"In the third place, we shall indicate the influence of protestantism in the ... The Kinds of protestantism. protestantism in the South has existed in a ..."

5. Sociological Study of the Bible by Lucy Blanche (Littelton) Masterman, Louis Wallis, William Shakespeare (1912)
"CHAPTER XXXIII protestantism AS EXTERNAL AUTHORITY protestantism, at the time of ... These considerations prepare us to see that protestantism, at first, ..."

6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"The mental operations of protestantism wore in fact the results and not the ... We have seen that the spirit of protestantism is generally averse to any ..."

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