Since then, many Protestant denominations have made separate pronouncements, in which they not only approved birth control, but declared it at times to be a religious duty.

Since the Protestant clergy for the most part wear gray or some variant from the wholly black suit, my Roman collar and black garb usually identify me in England as a Roman Catholic cleric.

Since “ a cappella ” singing brought a new polyphony with instrumental accompaniment, it is not surprising that Protestant reformers who opposed the instruments ( such as Calvin and Zwingli ) also opposed the polyphony.

Since the Oxford Movement there has also been a modest flourishing of Benedictine monasticism in the Anglican Church and Protestant Churches.

Since the 1960s, Pentecostalism has increasingly gained acceptance from other Christian traditions, and Pentecostal beliefs concerning Spirit baptism and spiritual gifts have been embraced by non-Pentecostal Christians in Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox churches through the Charismatic Movement.

Since the Protestant Reformation, non-sacramental denominations are more likely to use the term " elder " to refer to their pastors.

Since the 13th century the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights ( with Warmia ) was colonised mainly by Germans ( the Duchy of Prussia, Lutheran from 1525 onwards, gave refuge to Protestant Poles, Lithuanians, Scots, Salzburgers ).

Since 1880 the sizeable Catholic and Protestant parties had worked together in the so-called Coalitie.

Since colonial times Wilkes County has been overwhelmingly Protestant Christian.

Since at least the early 16th century, Wandsworth has offered accommodation to consecutive waves of immigration, from Protestant Dutch metalworkers fleeing persecution in the 1590s to recent Eastern European members of the European Union.

Since the Peace of Augsburg 1555 until the end of World War I and the collapse of the German Empire, some Protestant churches were state churches.

Since the prince-elector guaranteed Saxony's religious status quo, Augustus's conversion alienated many of his Protestant subjects.

Since the early years of the Reformation the House of Hesse was clearly Protestant, with only a few exceptions.

Since some of the most influential Protestant and Catholic theologians of the 20th century have been trained there, the University of Tübingen is especially renowned in the fields of Theology and Philosophy of Religion.

Since the start of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII ( 1939 – 1958 ), exceptions may be allowed for married Protestant ministers or Anglican clergy who convert to Catholicism and wish to become priests in the Catholic Church, provided their wives consent.

Since the Protestant Reformation, most Protestant denominations interpret " catholic ", especially in its creedal context, as referring to the Protestant concept of an eternal, invisible church of Christ and the Elect, and as referenced in the Bible in phrases such as " body of Christ " and " great cloud of witnesses ".

Since the British took control of the province, during the French and Indian War in 1760, there had been difficulties and disagreements between the local French Catholics and the Protestant English-speaking British military and civilian administrations.

Since the reforms surrounding Vatican II, the Catholic Church has referred to Protestant communities as " denominations ", while reserving the term " church " for apostolic churches, including the Eastern Orthodox ( see subsistit in and branch theory ).

Since they were from different religious denominations — Reynolds was a Protestant, Hewitt a Catholic — the engagement was kept a secret and Hewitt's parents did not learn about it until after Reynolds ' death.

Since disbandment the USC has assumed a place of " almost mythic proportions " within Unionist folklore, whereas in the Nationalist community they are still reviled as the Protestant only, armed wing of the Unionist government " associated with the worst examples of unfair treatment of Catholics in Northern Ireland by the police force ".

Since the concept was opposed generally by members of the Anglican establishment, the early party was almost entirely Protestant.

Since the 1880s Protestant missionaries, and then renewed Catholic missionaries have claimed a large number of Kongo as converts.

Since this is true, then the rise of capitalism cannot be attributed to Adam Smith, the Protestant Revolution, etc.

Since the English Reformation, the Church of England has been more explicitly a state church and the choice is legally that of the British crown ; today it is made in the name of the Sovereign by the Prime Minister, from a shortlist of two selected by an ad hoc committee called the Crown Nominations Commission.

Since the donation of the Abbey Moutier-Grandvalto and all its possessions to Bishop Adalbero II in 999 till the Reformation, Basel was ruled by prince-bishops ( see Bishop of Basel, whose memory is preserved in the crosier shown on the Basel coat-of-arms – see above ).

Since the English Reformation, only Saint Charles Stuart has been canonized in the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.

Since Lollards had been underground for more than a hundred years, the extent of Lollardy and its ideas at the time of the Reformation is uncertain and a point of debate.

Since the term " magister " also means " teacher ," the Magisterial Reformation is also characterized by an emphasis on the authority of a teacher.

Since the Reformation, it has been the cathedral of the Lutheran bishops of Trondheim ( or Nidaros ) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Since the Reformation it has been advocated by many theologians Immanuel Kant, Hastings Rashdall and Paul Tillich.

Since the Reformation, one of the church ’ s tenets has been ecclesia reformata semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei – a " church which is reformed must always be reformed according to the Word of God ".

Since the Reformation, ecclesiastical courts in England have been royal courts.

Since the Reformation in Denmark – Norway and Holstein, the church has been Evangelical Lutheran and Denmark's state church with the Danish monarch as its supreme authority.

Since the Reformation had taken place in Pomerania, the vast majority of the city's population was composed of Protestants.

Since the Reformation the choir has been used as the Parish Church of Lismore.

Since the Reformation it has often been rejected by Protestants and some Low-Church Anglicans as being a Catholic practice, despite Martin Luther's positive personal view, the prescribed use of the sign in Book of Common Prayer and the defence of the sign of the cross in Anglican canon law in 1604.

Since 1186, a well known convent of Benedictine nuns, Kirkjubæjar Abbey, was located in Kirkjubæjarklaustur, until the Reformation in 1550.

Since the Lutheran Reformation, German had been dominant in church and schools, and Danish was the dominant language among the peasantry in Schleswig.

Since the Reformation, the Archbishops of Canterbury have been bishops of the Church of England ; before the Reformation, they were bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

Since the time of the Reformation, there have been independent Benedictine communities in the Protestant ( especially Anglican ) traditions which maintain official friendly relations with the Benedictine Confederation, although they are not formally linked with it or its congregations.

Since the Reformation, St Bridget's Chapel has mainly been used to store various items of church inventory from Catholic times, no longer needed in the Lutheran era.

Since the Protestant Reformation ( c. 1517 ), studies of Paul's writings have been heavily influenced by Lutheran and Reformed views that are said to ascribe the negative attributes that they associated with sixteenth-century Roman Catholicism to first-century Judaism.

* 1922 – L. Pullan Religion Since the Reformation