Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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New XVIII to XX: New crucible of Christianity

We reached the eighteenth century, while the end of the period known as the Renaissance. In recent decades, the late seventeenth century, were not really many new trends that emerged, in most cases, the only moves that would leave would be divisions among the groups already encountered in rebirth would be born and the various branches of Baptists, Puritans, Unitarians, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Anabaptists. Even within the older churches, including Anglican, arise in the following centuries apparently independent versions, like the American Episcopal Church, in opposition to the anticlerical Congregationalists, Baptists and Quakers, and within the Catholic Church, Old Catholics, and other smaller groups that were then reabsorbed.

But this new era, which began in the eighteenth century and which takes us to the last few centuries, will emerge a new pot or spiritual rebirth, that will bring humanity to see the birth of thousands of other Christian faiths in sign, as never before seen, ending in a cluster of ideas and doctrinal confusion apparent impossible to understand and clarify. But this is not necessarily a bad outbreak of Christian religious movements, very different from the traditional.

This was expected, as little by little, as the Bible was rediscovered, thanks to the free movement is everywhere, many began to devise and reopen issues forgotten for centuries, would uncover other doctrines that the Bible itself condemns. On the other hand, the disappearance of the Inquisition, the division of powers, religious and political revolutions in which sought freedom, equality and fraternity, the rebirth of democracy will have a greater freedom of pensamineto or beliefs, provided of course with certain limitations, but this time managed to make movements that attempted to do something and that once had been crushed and destroyed, now move freely.

It is true that the emergence of movements that condemned or criticized doctrines TRADICONAL was nothing new, but the end of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century, was a shock in which arise the main architects of trying to find alternative Christianities that wheat hidden among a jumble of conflicting ideas.

Excel to the top fundamentalist groups, some of the charismatic type, which would focus on the spiritual gifts and a revival of the emotions and miracles from according to advocates for the power of the Holy Spirit. So we recall groups emerge for the missing climbers of the II and III. On the other hand, another important aspect is the subject of prophecy, we see the great interest in many of the new moves to see the fulfillment of prophecy and understanding of other issues that had remained hidden without being touched, perhaps because it was not time . So, again speak of millenarianism, but this time based chronological. Also a type of Christianity stand out charity or aid, while others of a more active, proselytizing or preaching, which will make the idea of \u200b\u200bChristianity spread to the farthest reaches of the planet. On the other hand, these centuries, including in the twentieth century will witness another kind of Christianity, perhaps less positive, that brings together people around egocentric leaders who presented themselves as reincarnations of Christ and messengers of God and these premises will havoc. Not to mention what the new technologies and scientific knowledge contribute to Christianity of the twentieth century, higher criticism emerge, atheism, agnosticism, indifference, things which until this time had endured just Christianity.

The path taken different trends would lead to rediscover through elimination of layers and layers of weeds, the true Christianity, but that's just what we personally judge the light of knowledge of all these religions and movements we'll see from here, not forgetting that we have discussed so far and this comparison will give us the answer to the big question, who represents the true Christians today? Or at least Who are closer to the early Christians? It is not easy work that lies ahead, as the number of religions and Christian movements has multiplied by thousands to this day, our work will be to understand the most important branches and among these, groups representing more than those branches.

Each is the view, compare, observe the events and results that each Christian group has been able to bring to humanity. Nor is it a competition, daily rather be a refinement, a filter, with facts and data that history has recorded, all the different ideas and formalism, to get the real substance of Christianity and who contains more than this substance, perhaps closer to what we want.

In this document, only we express in the most consistent, more objective, the origins and doctrines, traditions and beliefs of each movement, seeking the root of the doctrine. For this and as has hitherto been sought to be consulted representatives of the movement themselves rather than contaminated enemies of prejudice and preconceived ideas. We'll set aside the confrontation, but without seeking any kind of union of faiths, but seeking the true faith. Hopefully the goal in these next and last chapters, which will take us to the present day, the others will be the enemies of Christianity and other dangers lurk in this.

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