Charles Frederick Schaeffer, conservative Lutheran pastor and seminary professor, considers the example of the gifts of the wise men (Matthew 2:11) to baby Jesus. We have the same duty to give to relieve the poor and sustain teachers of the gospel.
Two duties together, stemming from the example of the wise men.
How can you consecrate a part of your property?
The religion of the majority of the population is 
#Orthodox.
Other Christian denominations present in 
#Romania include 
#Catholic, #GreekCatholic, and various #Protestant ones.
There are also some other minority religions, including 
#Judaism, 
#Islam, and 
#Buddhism, which are practiced by small communities within the country.
"#Western #Values"? "#Christian #Morality"? Give me a break.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5tJE5XlY4
"I respond to the #myth that #Protestant #Christianity built all that is good, #moral, and just in the world.
Spoiler alert: it didn’t.
#Westerncivilization wasn’t shaped by #Christianvalues—it was built on #exploitation, #colonialism, #whitesupremacy, and #capitalism."
I’m an unabashed apologist of the fact that #protestant #clergy should return to wearing the collar.
12 May 1620: d. Mary Honywood [née Waters] aged 93 #otd Witness to, and 'sustainer' of #Protestant martyrs in the reign of Mary I. By the time of her death she had 114 grandchildren, 228 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren (Colchester&Ipswich Museum Service)
#God ask us to go beyond what is easy to do. Even #sinners can be good & lend to those who are good to us & those who would pay us back.
"love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back" #ChristianNationalism #christian #catholic #bible #jesus #bible #church #pope #religious #Baptist #Protestant #gop #republican #maga #democrat
https://www.biblestudytools.com/luke/passage/?q=luke+6:27-36
28 Apr 1558: Walter Mylne executed in St. Andrews #otd - he was the last #Protestant to be burnt in #Scotland before the kingdom itself officially turned #Protestant
Richard G Howe Bill Rutland - Debate on Justification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv6vzZgVRk #Christianity #doctrine #justification #debate #Catholic #Protestant
It's really fitting that #JDVance converted to #Catholicism from #Protestantism. His #theological fights with #church leaders, the #Pope included, were a very #Protestant thing to do, rebelling against #hierarchies and such. Of course, he's an idiot who fancies himself smart, so it was a stupid rebellion.
Nie gedacht, dass ich als #Atheist die christliche Kirche mal verteidigen muss. Aber die #Kirche ist nicht einfach irgendeine "NGO". Auch ein:e Pastor:in, Priester:in, Pfarrer:in oder Mönch, Nonne und sonst wer, dürfen ihre Meinung frei vertreten, ob es der #Klöckner passt oder nicht. Als ehemaliger evangelisch-lutherischer #Protestant, bin ich doch dankbar, dass gerade die deutsch-protestantische Kirche eine vorwiegend liberale Meinung vertritt, was der rassistischen und menschenverachtenden #CDU und vor allem #CSU natürlich nicht passt.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/julia-kloeckner-kritik-an-kirchen-als-austauschbare-ngos-a-ab531017-5c9e-42b6-acd9-13556e4896eb
18 Apr 1587: John Foxe, martyrologist, d. at his house in Grub St #London #otd A key shaper of #English #Protestant identity
Babette’s Feast – The Oxford Blue https://www.diningandcooking.com/1995160/babettes-feast-the-oxford-blue/ #arthouse #Babette’sFeast #Cooking #dahl #danish #Denmark #dinner #Feast #film #ForeignFilm #francais #france #French #FrenchDinner #GabrielAxel #IsakDinesen #paris #PeriodDrama #protestant #sisters
Le Christ est-il "amour" quand il dit "hypocrites !" aux pharisiens ? Ou encore "laissez-les, ils tomberont dans une fosse".
Alors quand des religieux insistent sur l'amour du seigneur, c'est surtout l'amour de se regarder le nombril qu'ils ont. Cet orgueil qui consiste à déformer le visage et les Paroles du Christ à nous en faire mal à la tête.
Les enfants martyrs de #Betharram avaient soif de la Vérité et vous ne leur avez pas donner à boire.
Jan Hus Memorial, Prague, Czech Republic. March 2016. Ref-11562
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/jan-hus-memorial-prague-czech-republic/en/11562
#statue #religion #memory #protestant #janhus #sculpture #denisolivier #denisolivierphotography #urban #denisolivierphoto #prague #denisolivierphotographer #photography #monument #pragueeu
petite présentation à jour : je suis un grand nounours #gay 50enaire. passionné par tous les moyens de transports mais surtout par les #trains et les #métros (membre d'assos d'usagers), mais aussi par la #mer, les #technologies de l'information, et la #généalogie. je vis avec un Jeune Homme et une chatte de salon devenue fauve de jardin. je suis #protestant (réformé) non pratiquant enfin, je suis très #émotif, #neuroatypique et j'ai des anxiétés sociales (et, paradoxe, j'aime les gens).
#DietrichBonhoeffer #pastor #christian #religion #hero #heroic #nazi #ww2 #hitler #martyr #german #germany #history #lutheran #protestant #peace
There are many heroes from WWII, and whenever I come across a name I’ve never heard of, I always like to publicise it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A pastor and devoted Lutheran Christian who opposed the Nazi regime and simply wanted peace. Unfortunately, this kind and heroic man paid the ultimate price for his beliefs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
I never understood the dogmatic reasoning behind the “one night stands takes a part of your soul” doctrine of Calvinists(?) / modern evangelicals
1 Mar 1555: Thomas Leverous nominated to the bishopric of #Kildare #otd replacing the #Protestant Bishop Lancaster as part of Cardinal Pole & Mary I's plans for the #Irish Church
1 Mar 1546: George Wishart, itinerant #Protestant preacher, hanged & burnt at St. Andrews #otd #Scotland
John Knox decides that this is a good time to go into hiding.
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