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Old 03-22-2010, 12:24 PM
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Default Was protestantism the result of islamic influence on medieval Europe?

The protestants seem to have taken a lot of what the Muslims believe:

no priests, just leaders of a community.
belief that their holy book is the actual word of God (word for word)

There may be others (I'd welcome any more similarities you can think of)

What do you think?
I forgot to add, for those who didn't already know, that Spain was Muslim for about 700 years until 14xx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista
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Old 03-27-2010, 12:24 PM
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No, it's the result of Martin Luther being constipated.
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Old 03-30-2010, 12:24 PM
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No, I would say it was more that the Church could not cure the plague in the middle ages and that as the middle ages ended more people were able to read the bible for themselves and figure out that priests were liennago them.
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Old 04-01-2010, 12:24 PM
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Most of that is coincidence. I have heard people speculate that the protestant view of the Bible was influenced by Islam, but I have never seen any evidence of that.

Most of early Protestantism was the result of Nominalism, a revival of Augustinian theology, and a reaction to changes that had taken place in Roman Catholic practices following the turbulent 11Th century. Early reformers wanted to restore the Church of Augustine.

Early Protestants did have priests, and they would have had bishops if not for the lack of apostolic succession. Congregationalism didn't come about until much later, and had no connection with Islam.
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Old 04-02-2010, 12:24 PM
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I think that could be an influence, though the beginning of printing I think has a bigger impact. The Bible was the first book printed in Europe, which meant far more people could read it, discuss it, and dispute with each other over the contents. Before then you had to rely on your local priests patchy knowledge of it.
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