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新教 (しんきょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

新しん教きょう

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Meanings

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noun

Protestantism

Refers to the Protestant branch of Christianity, as opposed to Catholicism (旧教) or Orthodoxy.

彼かれは新しん教きょうの教きょう会かいに通かよっている。
He attends a Protestant church.

Kanji

新new
教teach, faith, doctrine

Similar words

旧きゅう教きょう
旧教 refers to Catholicism, the older Christian tradition, while 新教 refers to Protestantism, which emerged from the Reformation.

Etymology

Compound of 新 (new) and 教 (teaching/religion), coined to refer to Protestantism as the 'new teaching' in contrast to Catholicism.