how are they different from any other protestant denomination, assuming they're protestant in the first place?
2006-10-04 18:50:24 · 7 answers · asked by DREADS 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nazarenes were early, Jewish adherents of Christianity. The Nazarenes were followers of John the Baptist and then James the Just, brother of Jesus. The word Nazarene comes from a Hebrew word for branch and may be the first term used to describe followers of Jesus. When the split came between Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus by the 3rd-4th century, the Nazarenes fared better than the Ebionites in the estimation of the Gentiles, because the Nazarenes accepted some aspects of the divinity of Jesus.
2006-10-04 22:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant denomination within the broad traditional teachings of John Wesley. It was founded in 1908 from a merging of Pentecostal and holiness movement churches in Chicago, Illinois and central Texas.
2006-10-04 18:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by altgrave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much like Free Methodists. Originally "Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene", it has become somewhat liberalized in the past 15 years, particularly with regard to modesty in dress and appropriate leisure activity.
2006-10-04 18:58:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are very doctrinally strict, as it should be.
The only difference that I noticed from the baptist church that I matured in and them was a lot of different vocal prayers going on at one time. It was very distracting for me, but seemed to work for them, so I want to make it clear that there is nothing wrong with this, just a difference that I noted.
For all other purposes, it seemed much the same to me.
2006-10-04 19:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They either used the name of Nazarene to differentiate their sect from the other. or started out from there.Small changes of rituals or ideas.
2006-10-04 18:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
did you know that the literal translation of "Nazareth" is "Liliy"? (In particular, a white lilly).
2006-10-04 19:02:21 · answer #6 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
[CINDY]. IN MY OPION I HAVE TO AGREE WITH ON THIS MATTER AS WELL. MY OPION AS WELL ?
2006-10-04 19:30:29 · answer #7 · answered by the_silverfoxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋