Protestantism In Spain
Protestantism has had a small impact on Spanish life. In the first half of the 16th century, Reformist ideas failed to gain traction in Castile and Aragon. In the second half of the century, the Hispanic Monarchy and the Catholic Church managed to clear the territory from any remaining Protestant hotspot, most notably after the '' autos-da-fé'' in Valladolid (1559) and Seville (1560), from then on. 16th-century Inquisition blurred differences between Erasmism, '' iluminismo'' and Protestantism as if they belonged to a common branch. Protestant groups have grown in the 20th and 21st centuries in the wake of immigration of Pentecostal Christians from Africa and the Americas. Many Romani people also converted to Pentecostalism in the last decades. Ninety-two percent of Spain's 8,131 villages do not have an Evangelical Protestant Church. Recent history Francoist persecution Upon the end of the Civil War, about 30 Protestant pastors reportedly fled from the country. The British and ...
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. The five solae, five ''solae'' summarize the basic theological beliefs of mainstream Protestantism. Protestants follow the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began in the 16th century with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church from perceived Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies. The Reformation began in the Holy Roman Empire in 1517, when Martin Luther published his ''Ninety-five Theses'' as a reaction against abuses in the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, which purported to offer the remission of the Purgatory, temporal ...
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