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Protestantism in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

has long been a

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. After the

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, the

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and the Portuguese government's religious intolerance outlawed the practice of non-

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faiths in the country, and those who followed them could not practice it openly. However, when the

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began settling in Portugal in the 19th century they brought other

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s with them. Most belonged to the Anglican

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, but others were Protestant Methodists,

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, and

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The establishment of a constitutional monarchy in 1834 granted limited religious toleration to, and consequently led to the opening of an Anglican chapel in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

. A second chapel was opened in 1868. The Anglican mission coincided with the growing influence of the

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movement in Portugal. Congregations were created from Roman Catholic priests and laypeople who refused to accept the dogmas of the

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and universal ordinary jurisdiction of the

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, as defined by the

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in 1870. The

Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church ( pt, Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica) in Portugal is a member church of the Anglican Communion. Membership The church has around 5,000 members. Structure As an Episcopal den ...

was formed as a result in 1880, however laws still restricted the activities of non-Roman Catholics. By the early 1990s, only some 50,000 to 60,000

Anglicans Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the l ...

and

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lived in Portugal, less than 1 percent of the total population. The 1950s and 1960s saw the arrival of

Pentecostals Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

who increased in numbers more rapidly than the earlier arrivals did. All groups, however, were hampered by prohibitions and restrictions against the free exercise of their religions, especially missionary activities. These restrictions were lifted after the Revolution of 1974. The constitution of 1976 guarantees all religions the right to practice their faith. Non-Roman Catholic groups came to be recognized as legal entities with the right to assemble. Portuguese who were both not Roman Catholics and were

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s had the right to apply for alternative

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Denominations

Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church

The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church is the oldest protestant denomination in Portugal, and is a member church of the

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal is the oldest non-Catholic, non-Anglican church in Portugal.

Christian Presbyterian Church of Portugal

The Christian Presbyterian Church in Portugal (Igreja Cristã Presbiteriana de Portugal or ICPP in

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

) is a small

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denomination with relationships with

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, the

Presbyterian Church of Brazil The Presbyterian Church of Brazil (Portuguese: ''Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil'', or ''IPB'') is an Evangelical Protestant Christian denomination in Brazil. Oldest of the Reformed family of Protestantism in Brazil. It is the largest Presbyter ...

, the

Presbyterian Church in Ireland The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI; ga, Eaglais Phreispitéireach in Éirinn; Ulster-Scots: ''Prisbytairin Kirk in Airlann'') is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the Republic of Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in ...

and the Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil. The denomination accepts the

five points of Calvinism Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

, the

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and its shorter and larger catechisms. The denomination was officially formed in 1992, but includes older churches such as the Independent Church in

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(founded in 1955) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Christ (founded in 1970) as well as an independent Presbyterian church in

Campo de Ourique Campo de Ourique () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Campo de Ourique is east of Alcântara, north of Estrela, west of Santo António, and south of Camp ...

, and by a church in northeast

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

planted by a

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian missionary. In 2014 the ICPP celebrated its 30th anniversary.https://presbiteriana.com.sapo.pt/30aniversario.jpg

References

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Denominations

Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal

Christian Presbyterian Church of Portugal

See also

References