The History of Christianity II: From the Reformation to the Modern Megachurch

faith-and-doubt

• Eastern Christians are more comfortable with paradox and mystery; disputes over predestination and freedom of conscience would not have made sense to the Patriarch.

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• What was so outrageous about Galileo's work was not any particular calculation, but his challenge to sacred authority over truth itself.

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obedience-and-authority

• Williams thought the Puritan marriage of church and state ran contrary to salvation by grace alone; the Puritans banished him in 1635.

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• Westphalia reestablished the empire on the principle of religious pluralism, reducing the likelihood of revolts on religious grounds.

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belonging

• The Pueblo revolt killed 21 missionaries and drove out the Spanish—here is a case of religion as a force for liberation rather than oppression.

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• Agnes Ozman spoke in tongues; witnesses claimed she spoke Chinese she had never learned—a sign God had restored miraculous gifts to true believers.

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