🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

新教

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xīnjiào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Protestantism/ˈprɒt.ɪ.stən.tɪz.əm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"新教在基督教中占有重要地位。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A branch of Christianity that originated with the Reformation, characterized by the rejection of papal authority and the emphasis on the authority of Scripture.

    "Protestantism has significantly influenced Western culture and society."
  2. 2

    The collective term for the various Christian denominations that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation.

    "The diversity within Protestantism includes denominations such as Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'protestantem', meaning 'one who publicly declares or protests', originating during the Reformation in 16th-century Europe when German princes protested against the edict of the Diet of Speyer in 1529. The suffix '-ism' was added to denote the theological system and movement arising from the principles of the Reformation.

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