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My first answer wasn't very good; I want to take a different angle. I hope this approach helps make this issue more clear.
TL;DR
You don't have to stage a protest to be Protestant. It's a matter of heritage.
Of fallacies and analogies...
Your question commits some basic fallacies that can easily be addressed.
cite an accurate historical reference ...
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The Fundamental Change
So the question is: How did Luther change from a Catholic theologian to a Protstant theologian? Or to highlight more the historical aspect: How did he change from a late-scholastic to a reformer? Or a last variation: How did the early Luther change to the "old Luther"?
This leads us to a certain happening, to a conversion-like ...
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Speaking as someone who went to a lutheran seminary, let's attack these questions one at a time, shall we?
Is this "Law" of ("Law and Gospel") referring to the Old Testament law?
The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord says in Section V "Law and Gospel"...
Anything that preaches concerning our sins and God's wrath, let it be
done how or ...
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There is a teaching that is very common in Baptist Churches that the Baptist Church has its origins in the New Testament Church, long before the Reformation. A fair representation of the teaching is found at Providence Baptist Ministries.
A summary of the teaching consists of the following points:
There have always, since the time of the New Testament ...
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The modern Baptist denominations and adherents descend from the Anabaptist movement which was part of the 16th century Reformation.
Several Baptist churches hold to similar creeds to the Nicene (or, more commonly in my experience, confessions of faith or faith statements).
There are also hundreds of Baptist churches which call themselves "Reformed" (I grew ...
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According to most independent, fundamentalist Baptists, (and to the best of my knowledge, the groups that you mentioned) justification is a one-time event that happens at the moment of conversion, when a sinner repents on his or her sins and puts their faith in Christ for salvation.
This would be in line with a Calvinist view. Justification is a result of ...
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The idea behind the term "protestant" may have originated in those who literally protested the Catholic Church, but today it has a somewhat broader meaning. It has come to mean that a church believes that the Catholic Church lost its way, and that it is necessary to teach correct doctrine as described in the Bible, instead of Biblical doctrines mingled with ...
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I believe you're confusing etymology with history. "Protestant" while it may have originally referred to a limited subset of non-Catholic Westerners (specifically, a very small group of Lutherans around the Diet of Speyer in 1529), now (generally) means "non-Catholic Christian" (Rome is not necessarily the definitive standard, however: "Protestant" or may ...
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There's a belief among Baptists known as the "Trail of Blood," which traces Baptist beliefs back through the Anabaptists, Waldensians and various other groups all the way back to the pre-Nicene church. Take a look at "The Pilgrim Church" by E.H. Broadbent for more info on that.
As far as I understand the claim, there's really no way to authenticate it one ...
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Hmm, I think Ignatius Theophorus has the most historically accurate answer, and yet as of my visit here he has the fewest votes. :-) Let me build on Ignatius.
The term "Protestant" was coined when the Lutheran delegates to the Diet of Speyer protested against the pro-Catholic, anti-Lutheran decisions of that council. But from there the word "Protestant" ...
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To get this, we have to start with the definition of transsubstantiation.
The idea of "transubstantiation" is that the bread and wine at the time of communion (after it has been blessed/consecrated) actually becomes the blood of Jesus and body of Jesus (physical blood and body of Jesus, not just symbolic) .
If you compare this with the Lutheran concept, ...
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Lutherans who hold to their confessions [ http://bookofconcord.org/ ] believe that justification, faith, and baptism go together. A baptized infant believes the Gospel at its baptism. An adult who falls away from faith in Christ which has been given in Baptism and is converted is returning to the promise of the Gospel which has been applied to him in ...
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In the Methodist tradition, a person is justified when they accept the grace God has given them, and make a decision to follow his will rather than their own.
Though justification by itself is not a process, it is the beginning of the process of sanctification, in which we work with God to transform us into the people God intended us to be. This is, as far ...
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Apparently different Lutheran churches have different practices, with two Scandinavian state churches being the most notable proponents of apostolic succession (source):
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland
Church of Sweden
These churches don't have the Sacrament of Holy Orders, as Luther rejected it. Still, bishops, priests and deacons are ordained, ...
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That linked Wikipedia article is incorrect in it's description of free will. Both of the main views (Calvinism and Arminianism) assert a free will of sorts - man is not as bad as he could possibly be and we recognise that non-Christians can make good and bad decisions. Furthermore, both sides agree that an unregenerate sinner cannot do anything to please God ...
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I can't speak much to the Lutheran or Calvinist view, but I can give my own perspective (Wesleyan Arminian):
In the Arminian understanding, human beings were created by God as part of God's good creation, but we were given free will which enabled us to turn away from God's will. In order to bring us back, God provided the means of grace that enables us to ...
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I am not familiar with what modern Lutherans might believe, if any different from Luther, but I am very familiar with what Calvin and Luther thought. They thought the same in many ways but used different lenses. I do not see them at disagreement. They differed in emphasis and detail. Luther emphasized Christ dying for all (which Calvin also believed). ...
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In my study, I have noticed a heavy Calvinist influence on Lutheranism. In fact, Lutheranism is basically medieval Catholicism, which stresses that the sovereignty of God is absolute over all that is. Guess what? That is the exact first point to Calvinism.
Calvinism logically explorers the idea that the sovereignty of God is absolute. The result is ...
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Seeing as I used to go to a Lutheran seminary but now find myself at a Presbyterian church, I hope I can help!
Calvinists do in fact prefer the term total depravity, however it really only dIfferentiates from Lutheran concepts of original sin in name. Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk, and so is very influenced by his understanding of original sin that ...
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