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The History and Legacy of Protestant Christianity
Gresham College ^ | Ongoing lecture series | Professor Alec Ryrie

Posted on 02/23/2016 6:22:21 AM PST by ameribbean expat

"This series of lectures will discuss the history, legacy and ongoing significance of the religious tradition which has done more than any other to shape the modern world: Protestant Christianity."

(Excerpt) Read more at gresham.ac.uk ...


TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: christianhistory; christianity; protestantism; religion
Nice lecture series.
1 posted on 02/23/2016 6:22:21 AM PST by ameribbean expat
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2 posted on 02/23/2016 6:31:27 AM PST by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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the religious tradition which has done more than any other to shape the modern world: Protestant Christianity.

Take the "Protestant" qualifier off and I might believe it. The Catholic Church has done far more to shape Western civilization than Protestantism ever did. Almost everything we know and do today is shaped somewhere in the past by Catholic tradition.

I'm not a Catholic, but I'll give credit where it's due.

3 posted on 02/23/2016 6:57:20 AM PST by IronJack
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Take the "Protestant" qualifier off and I might believe it. The Catholic Church has done far more to shape Western civilization than Protestantism ever did. Almost everything we know and do today is shaped somewhere in the past by Catholic tradition.

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I thought it was the Pagan Greco-Romans.

4 posted on 02/23/2016 7:09:09 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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You could also say it was the Jews. Or the Eqyptians. Or the Druids. And there would be some truth in all of those.

But for immediate relevance in everything from art to technology to exploration, the Church shaped the West.

5 posted on 02/23/2016 7:20:07 AM PST by IronJack
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Catholic Church schools teaching Greek and Latin is more accurate a statement.


6 posted on 02/23/2016 7:25:21 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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The writer qualified “The modern world,” not “Western Civilization.” The United States, which has shaped the modern world more than any other nation, was a direct result of Protestantism. I think the statement is a fair summation of history.


7 posted on 02/23/2016 7:29:08 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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Those schools didn't even exist until the middle 19th century. Almost no one could even read in the Middle Ages, with the exception of monks who copied Scriptures. The first book ever printed was a bible. Theater arose as a means of communicating biblical tales to the masses. The other arts also adopted almost strictly religious themes as a way of glorifying God. Music came from the Gregorian chants and in accordance with the biblical exhortation to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord." Even architecture was seen as a way to lift mens' eyes to the heavens, and the soaring domes and spires of cathedrals were seen as tributes to the Almighty, even as they required advances in mathematics and static physics.

Western culture would be unrecognizable without the influence of religion, and there was only one religion in the West until Luther: Catholicism.

8 posted on 02/23/2016 8:40:25 AM PST by IronJack
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"This series of lectures will discuss the history, legacy and ongoing significance of the religious tradition which has done more than any other to shape the modern world: Protestant Christianity."
9 posted on 02/23/2016 2:10:58 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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I thought it was pretty evenhanded. As I surmise by your emphasis, there’s an awful lot not to like about the modern world, and it is addressed particularly in the lecture on liberal Protestantism. And although it’s been many years since I’ve read Pelikan’s history, I’d forgotten the role medieval interpretation styles contributed to the Reformation’s strict treatment of biblical text.


10 posted on 02/23/2016 3:16:50 PM PST by ameribbean expat
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