Protestantism's Varied History : Personal Appraisal
Concern for the integrity, worth, and dignity of persons is the basic presupposition of human rights. At least three personal freedom are requisite: freedom of conscience . freedom from unjust exploitation or oppression, and freedom to live a properly human life Christian faith. as based upon biblical teaching and expressed in the experience of believers through the centuries, assuredly affirms these freedoms. Many theologians, scripture scholars, and Christian philosophers have cogently argued that freedom is a primary code world of the new Testament In this teaching, Jesus was the Liberator! This claim is not mere rhetoric.
Of the three main divisions of Christianity, Protestantism enjoy the best but not an unsullied, reputation for securing, extending, and enhancing human freedoms. Indeed, there is a popular, well-preserved stereotype which portrays Protestant history as a series of successes in emancipating people for the enjoyment of greater freedom. The contrasting corollary to this image is that of Roman Catholicism as a perennial Inquisition. Catholic history is depicted as unrelieved servitude in subjection to hierarchical authority, freedom of conscience being stifled by the imposition of unreasonable, outrageously dogmatic restraints upon children, women, and men. Eastern Orthodoxy, especially the notorious early Byzantine and the Russian, has a similar reputation. Such are the views, as widely held as they are uncritical and uninformed, of many Protestants.
There is truth in both the positive picture of Protestantism and the negative judgments on Orthodoxy and Catholicism. However, inversely considered, history shows in varying measures the grave faults of Protestantism in this regard and the virtues of the other two. Ambiguity taints the entire history of Christianity insofar as human rights are concerned. Martin Luther began the Reformation by proclaiming a basic paradox. The freedom of the Christian is at the same time a bondage. The freest person is ,in Christ, the servant of all. But Protestants have often been inclined to exalt two kinds of bondage: that to the Christ perceived in one’s neighbor, and that demanded by ecclesiastical and civil powers.
Protestantism's Varied History : Personal AppraisalConcern for the integrity, worth, and dignity of persons is the basic presupposition of human rights. At least three personal freedom are requisite: freedom of conscience . freedom from unjust exploitation or oppression, and freedom to live a properly human life Christian faith. as based upon biblical teaching and expressed in the experience of believers through the centuries, assuredly affirms these freedoms. Many theologians, scripture scholars, and Christian philosophers have cogently argued that freedom is a primary code world of the new Testament In this teaching, Jesus was the Liberator! This claim is not mere rhetoric.Of the three main divisions of Christianity, Protestantism enjoy the best but not an unsullied, reputation for securing, extending, and enhancing human freedoms. Indeed, there is a popular, well-preserved stereotype which portrays Protestant history as a series of successes in emancipating people for the enjoyment of greater freedom. The contrasting corollary to this image is that of Roman Catholicism as a perennial Inquisition. Catholic history is depicted as unrelieved servitude in subjection to hierarchical authority, freedom of conscience being stifled by the imposition of unreasonable, outrageously dogmatic restraints upon children, women, and men. Eastern Orthodoxy, especially the notorious early Byzantine and the Russian, has a similar reputation. Such are the views, as widely held as they are uncritical and uninformed, of many Protestants. There is truth in both the positive picture of Protestantism and the negative judgments on Orthodoxy and Catholicism. However, inversely considered, history shows in varying measures the grave faults of Protestantism in this regard and the virtues of the other two. Ambiguity taints the entire history of Christianity insofar as human rights are concerned. Martin Luther began the Reformation by proclaiming a basic paradox. The freedom of the Christian is at the same time a bondage. The freest person is ,in Christ, the servant of all. But Protestants have often been inclined to exalt two kinds of bondage: that to the Christ perceived in one’s neighbor, and that demanded by ecclesiastical and civil powers.
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