how did Protestantism / Bible-fundamentalism come about? and how did they manage to propagate?

Answer 1

They are separate movements and should not be considered interchangeable.

Protestantism began with Martin Luther, who actually sought reforms for the Roman Church rather than a breakaway movement. The actual Protestants were the German princes who protected Luther and backed a church separate from Rome.

Fundamentalism had a role in Luther's interpretation of the Bible, but he was not a fundamentalist, strictly speaking.

Protestantism grew in strength when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic church and formed the Church of England. Several denominations broke away from the Church of England, which was a state church.

Many of the later denominations attracted believers by preaching fundamentalism, or a return to basic Bible teachings. The basic theme in these churches is to neither add nor subtract to scriptures, and to search the scriptures for truth in all decision-making processes.

Fundamentalism has even emerged to a degree among some Catholics, but it is generally associated with such Protestant denominations as Baptists. Many Protestant denominations are not fundamentalist in any sense of the word. I cite Presbyterianism as one example, Episcopelian as another and Methodism as a third.

There are several others but churches generally tend to find a doctrine and follow it.

Answer 2

"Protestants" were the early protesters of the Catholic Church who got fed up and stared a similar religion. That was the start of Christianity branching out into numerous sects. They propagated the same way they do it today. Religion is actually a business in disguise. How does any business get more customers?

Answer 3

Protestantism gets it's name from the fact that it was a position of "protest" against the Roman Catholic church. Protestants argued that much of Catholic Christianity had been infected by Roman influence and urged a return to the Bible as the sole source of authorty within Christianity, not the Bible plus Roman tradition (Such as for example, the office of the Pope which had come from the concept of the "Pontifex maximus" which was the Roman emperrors office as the spiritual head of Rome as distinct from his title as it's political head). Through the writings of men like martin Luther (not "king" lol) and John Calvin, many converts were won in Europe and soonProtestantism began to struggle with Catholicism for political power. In Anglo America (britain , germany etc) it became dominat whereas .in other areas (France, Italy Spain) the catholic church retained it's hold. Since the U.S. was started by british pilgrims they brought their varieties of protestantism with them. Fundementalism is a movement of early 20th century America that arose in resistance to religious Modernism that sought to understand the Bible metaphorically. The fundementalists urged that Christians all return to the "fundementals" of the Christian faith and scripture and forget these new radical ideas. Fundementalism rose again after the 1960's as a revolt against the radical ideas of the 1960's in the area of sex values and secularism (the removal of prayer from school). The current movement of Christian political interest (often referred to as the Christain Right), comes from that post 60's tradition. It was under the administration of Ronald reagan that it's current degree of influence began to grow; the election of regan signifying a conservative revival. America is a country with a very religious history (elected officials in some states used to have to take oaths of belief in Christianity to assume office) and that heritage explains it's continuing influence for good or bad in the present day..