https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Evangelicalism&feed=atom&action=historyEvangelicalism - Revision history2024-03-19T03:11:57ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Evangelicalism&diff=122711&oldid=prevRakovsky at 21:11, January 10, 20162016-01-10T21:11:48Z<p></p>
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</table>Rakovskyhttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Evangelicalism&diff=54710&oldid=prevCgarrio: fixed two broken links2007-08-12T21:55:21Z<p>fixed two broken links</p>
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</table>FrJohnhttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Evangelicalism&diff=34068&oldid=prevMagda: /* Further reading */ added links, info2006-06-15T18:09:40Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Further reading: </span> added links, info</span></p>
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</table>Magdahttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Evangelicalism&diff=33935&oldid=prevJoe Rodgers: /* Further reading */ adding book2006-06-14T18:21:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Further reading: </span> adding book</span></p>
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</table>Joe Rodgershttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Evangelicalism&diff=31979&oldid=prevASDamick: Trimming article. See: Category talk:Non-Orthodox.2006-05-26T00:19:51Z<p>Trimming article. See: <a href="/Category_talk:Non-Orthodox" title="Category talk:Non-Orthodox">Category talk:Non-Orthodox</a>.</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{reorg</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">talk=</del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category talk:Non-Orthodox</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Evangelicalism''', broadly speaking, is a Protestant Christian tradition, coming out of the late 19th century Holiness Movement and growing throughout the 20th century.  It is usually characterized by a belief in the authority of [[Holy Scripture]], the importance of a personal [[conversion]], baptism of adults only, traditional morality, informality in worship, and an emphasis on missionary and evangelistic activity.  Within the broad category of "evangelical" there is a wide variety of theological opinion.  Some have been strongly influenced by the Reformed tradition of John Calvin, while others have been influenced more by the more Arminian thought of the Wesleyan/[[Methodism</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Methodist]] tradition.  Regarding practice, some evangelicals worship along more traditional lines (often influenced by </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Anglican Communion|Anglicanism</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">), while others embrace a more charismatic worship style.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Evangelicalism''', broadly speaking, is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Protestant Christian tradition, coming out of the late 19th century Holiness Movement </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">growing throughout the 20th century.  It is usually characterized by </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">belief in the authority of [[Holy Scripture]], the importance of a personal [[conversion]], baptism </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">adults only, traditional morality</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">informality </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worship, and an emphasis on missionary and evangelistic activity.  Within </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broad category of "</del>evangelical<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" there is a wide variety of theological opinion</del>.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Some have been strongly influenced by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Reformed]] tradition of John Calvin</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while </del>others <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">have been influenced more by the more Arminian thought of the Wesleyan/[[Methodism|Methodist]] tradition</del>.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Regarding practice</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">some evangelicals worship along more traditional lines (often influenced by [[Anglican Communion|Anglicanism]])</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while others </del>embrace <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a more charismatic worship style</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although evangelicalism started as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">movement which was ecumenical in scope and included clergy </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">laity from </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wide variety </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">backgrounds</ins>, in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20th century several denominations emerged which viewed themselves as fundamentally </ins>evangelical.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">These include </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christian & Missionary Alliance</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Evangelical Free Church and </ins>others.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Other evangelicals continue to be found in denominations that would not</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as a whole</ins>, embrace <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">evangelicalism</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although </del>evangelicalism <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">started </del>as a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">movement which was ecumenical </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">scope and included clergy and laity from a wide variety </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">backgrounds</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20th century several denominations emerged which viewed themselves as fundamentally evangelical.  These include </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christian & Missionary Alliance</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Evangelical Free Church </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">others.  Other </del>evangelicals <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">continue to be found in denominations that would not</del>, as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a whole, embrace evangelicalism</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Relationships with Orthodox Christians==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evangelical interaction with Orthodox Christianity is a fairly recent phenomenon.  In the earlier days of </ins>evangelicalism<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Orthodoxy was frequently either viewed </ins>as a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">corrupt church like [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] or unknown altogether.  Although </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">many </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">their beliefs</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">person of Jesus Christ and </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Holy Trinity</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">positions on morality, </ins>evangelicals <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and Orthodox can find some common ground</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">many of the practices of Orthodoxy are seen by evangelicals </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">questionable at best and superstitious or idolatrous</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Central Beliefs==</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nonetheless, </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recent years there has been more and more interaction between Orthodox and evangelical Christians.  Sometimes this </ins>is of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a dialogical nature and sometimes takes the form </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conversion</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evangelicals emphasize the need for a personal conversion to Jesus Christ. A personal conversion to Jesus Christ involves accepting and believing several points about Jesus Christ and His uniqueness in human history. The idea of a personal conversion to Christ is rooted in the spiritual doctrine of the "Atonement", the idea that where there is sin or imperfection in our individual life, that this must be addressed and taken care of. </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evangelical Orthodox Church]</ins>]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Where sin exists</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it must be "atoned" for</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">paid for. Sin causes </del>an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">obligation on the part of the person who commits the sin</del>...<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to be able to remedy their sin or imperfection. All major religions accept the idea of personal sin or imperfection, and most have some concept </del>for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">atonement - how to pay </del>for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that sin</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The main idea in Christianity is that while it accepts that humans will commit sin and/or will not be perfect, the one who came </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pay the penalty for all sins is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ - by dying on the cross - paid the penalty for the sins of all those who ask for His forgiveness. By His Resurrection, Christ proved that He was God Incarnate and that He triumphed over death. </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Further reading==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Peter Gillquist.  ''Becoming Orthodox''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Heirodeacon Gregory. ''The Church, Tradition</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Scripture</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Truth and Christian Life: Some Heresies of Evangelicalism and </ins>an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orthodox Response''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* M</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">McKibben</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''Common Ground </ins>for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christian Unity: One Evangelical Protestant’s Search </ins>for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christian Orthodoxy''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Paul O'Callaghan</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> ''An Eastern Orthodox Response </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evangelical Claims''</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Evangelicals <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accept the teachings in the Bible that Eternal life is obtained by Asking Jesus Christ to "forgive you of your sins </del>and to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">come into your life"</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Some have called this a ''crisis experience,'' while others have simply understood as a spiritual reconciliation with God</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> It is also commonly referred to as being ''born again</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' Evangelicals differ in their understanding </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the role </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">authority </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Official State Churches</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">believing that the Bible predates the formation </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and understanding that the thousands </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">copies </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the New Testament (both by themselves and lectionaries</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">demonstrates the widespread recognition and use </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the New Testament in Early Christianity</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==External links==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew03204.htm Eastern Orthodox: Five Protestant Perspectives] by Don Fairbairn</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew09401.html </ins>Evangelicals and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orthodox: Crossing Paths and Crossing Swords]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Rogers.html From Evangelical </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orthodox] by Fr</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gregory Rogers</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ogreatmystery</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/ O Great Mystery]: The website </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an evangelical parish that became Orthodox</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.ortho-logia.com/English/statusofemergingdialogue.htm Eastern Orthodoxy </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evangelicalism: The Status </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an Emerging Global Dialogue] - Bradley Nassif, Ph.D. (Professor</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Antiochian House </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Studies (USA)</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a graduate program </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">St. John </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Damascus Seminary, Balamand University, Lebanon</ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Published in Scottish Bulletin </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evangelical Theology: Vol. 1, Spring, 2000. ([http://www.stpaulsirvine.org/html/Evangelical%20and%20Orthodox</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">htm mirror])</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Evangelicals subscribe to a strictly ''sola scriptura'' theology, believing the [[Holy Scriptures]] of the Old and New Testaments to be the only authority in matters of faith and doctrine. This does not mean that Evangelicals do not consider the opinions of others. The works of Calvin, Luther, Zwingly and Melancthon are filled with quotations from history and from the early church fathers. However, for evangelicals, the final authority should always be the Old and New Testaments. Most evangelicals subscribe to a "literal" interpretation of the Bible, meaning that where the Bible can be understood literally, it should be taken as such, and not taken figuratively or symbolically. Evangelicals often point out that where symbolic interpretation becomes a guide in a Church or denomination, there is almost no common agreement on what the "Symbolism" is supposed to mean. Many evangelicals use the term ''inerrant'' to describe the Bible. </del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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