• CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Yes, technically. But when talking about how terms are used, protestants are the more progressive denominations while evangelicals are singled out as their own thing. This gets clearer when using the german terms: protestant is protestantisch that is used interchangible with evangelisch, but evangelical is it’s own thing as evangelikal.

      Evsngelicals are not part of what is generally known as the more progressive protestant tradition, although it is a protestant denomination.

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      Catholicism and Lutheranism are both Christian religions. It doesn’t make them equivalent.

      Evangelical religions are more fundamentalist with belief in things like talking with tongues and absolutes of good and evil.

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        US-Evangelical. Even evangelical dominations can vary a ton. It’s just a term for trying to expand/spread the faith. In the netherlands evangelical churches are often the most progressive.

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          No, it’s also evangelicals in Germany. They’re called “Evangelikale” in german, while the general term that includes evangelicals as well as (the generally more progressive) lutherans/protestants is “evangelisch”.

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        6 days ago

        I just said that Protestantism includes both Lutheran and Evangelical. Speaking of Protestants when meaning Lutherans is not clear if other groups are also present:

        lutheranism

        That’s usually referred to as protestantism, not evangelicalism.