Because Protestant writers of the sixteenth century affirmed that MARRIAGE was a divinely ordained institution (although not a sacrament), many were reluctant to take up the topic of divorce and did so only when pressed by pastoral need. Although some...

Starting in the seventeenth century, church courts, many of which had been established during the Reformation to deal with matrimonial matters in Protestant countries and states, began to become more limited in their dealings or to be eliminated...

Payne, Ernest A. The Free Church Tradition in the Life of England. London: SCM Press, 1944. Sell, Alan P.F. Dissenting Thought and the Life of the Churches: Studies in an English Tradition. Lewiston, NY: Mellen University Press, 1990. Watts, Michael R....

Christianity: Evangelicalism FOUNDED: Seventeenth century C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 12 percent Overview Evangelicalism is a movement within Christianity that emphasizes reliance on Scripture over tradition and that holds...

The word evangelicalism often refers to a historically recent (approximately 150 years), yet broad, collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which can be found among some Protestant Christians and some Evangelical Catholics....

Evangelical, Roman Catholic faiths growing, study says Mormon Church grows the fastest among 149 denominations surveyed By RACHEL ZOLL Associated Press Wednesday, September 18, 2002 The Mormon Church and evangelical faiths grew during the past decade while more liberal Protestant...

SO MUCH SAID about politics involves generalizations that quickly pass into stereotypes. One of these involves "evangelical Christians," a k a "fundamentalists" or "the religious right." All these groups exist. But they are not interchangeable. "Evangelicals" are not the same as "fundamentalists," and many...

The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed an anti-torture statement saying the United States has crossed "boundaries of what is legally and morally permissible" in its treatment of detainees and war prisoners in the fight against terror.Human rights violations committed in the name of preventing...

Evangelical groups have joined efforts spearheaded by Roman Catholic, Orthodox and mainstream Protestant churches to create a common code of conduct for religious conversions that would preserve the right of Christians to spread their religion while avoiding conflict among different faiths.The World Council of Churches,...