Another consequence of the Protestant understanding of man is that the believers, in gratitude for their election and redemption in Christ, are to follow God's commandments.

They contend that the typical Protestant understanding of the Greek word DIKAIOO - usually translated "justify" - as meaning "declared righteous" to be in error.

In the view of Protestants, these are new doctrines and they take Roman Catholicism further from the Protestant understanding of Biblical Christianity.

If Sanders' perspective is valid, the traditional Protestant understanding of the doctrine of justification (the "old perspective") may have needed rethinking, for the interpretive framework of Martin Luther was called into question.

During the 1990s the Passantinos emerged as critical evangelical voices on a number of questions connected to Protestant understandings about the subject of Satanism and the Occult.

Those that come forward will usually be asked to recite a sinner's prayer, which, in the Protestant understanding, if truly heart-felt indicates that they are now "saved".

How is an Orthodox understanding of the Bible different from a Roman Catholic or Protestant understanding?

A more mainstream Protestant theological understanding simply holds that the mysterious Melchizedek priesthood refers to Jesus as the eternal priest.

Latimer believed that the welfare of souls demanded he stand for the Protestant understanding of the gospel.

This response largely details the Evangelical Protestant understanding which rejects the idea of an ordained priesthood as is practiced in the ancient churches.