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From: Joanna Jones <>
Subject: [OHCLER] Re: OHCLERMO-D Digest V02 #190
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:00:33 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200207291218.g6TCIfEV009181@lists2.rootsweb.com>


on 07/29/2002 8:18 AM, at
wrote:

< I've been told that most Scots at that time period (1730's) were either
Catholic or Protestant so I don't know where the practicing Baptist religion
came from but I'm assuming it was Peters unknown wife who made them Baptist
>

A Baptist is a Protestant denomination.. Most Scots then, were Presbyterian
or Catholic. (Nowadays, Probably Church of England as well.-another
Protestant denomination) They Protested ...
Prot·es·tant   
n.
1. A member of a Western Christian church whose faith and practice are
founded on the principles of the Reformation, especially in the acceptance
of the Bible as the sole source of revelation, in justification by faith
alone, and in the universal priesthood of all the believers.
2. A member of a Western Christian church adhering to the theologies of
Luther, Calvin, or Zwingli.
3. One of the German princes & cities that supported the doctrines of
Luther and protested against the decision of the second Diet of Speyer
(1529) to enforce the Edict of Worms (1521) and deny toleration to
Lutherans.
4. protestant: One who makes a declaration or avowal.
adj.
Of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism.
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[French, from German, from Latin prtestns, prtestant- present participle of
prtestr, to protest. See protest.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition

Joanna



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