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新教 (shinkyou) Japanese meaning: Protestantism | Kotomora

新しん教きょう

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Meanings

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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

Related words

プロテスタントN1
新教 is a more formal, literary Japanese term meaning Protestantism, while プロテスタント is the everyday loanword used for the same thing.

Etymology

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