4 sentences with “worldly”

Quakers rejected the idea of worldly rank, believing instead in a radical new form of social equality.

That spiritual awakening was explicitly focused on what he described as the "Hierarchical Church": not just a worldly institution offering guidance to Christians, but the only way to salvation, imbued by God himself with spiritual authority.

They also supported Protestant ministers such as Charles Grandison Finney, who preached that all people possessed free will, which meant they could change their lives and achieve their own salvation, a message that resonated with members of the middle class, who already believed that their worldly efforts had led to economic success.

Likewise, many princes realised that Protestantism often caused political problems in their territories; although many of the German princes had originally supported Luther to protect their own political independence, many others realised that the last thing they wanted were independent-minded denominations in their territories, some of which might reject their worldly authority altogether (as did the German peasants who rose up in 1524).