Protestant church
Non-Catholic Christian building
A Protestant church is a Christian congregation or denomination that emerged from the 16th-century Reformation, breaking from Roman Catholic authority.
Protestant churches emphasize scripture over church tradition and reject papal authority.
The term covers a wide range: Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, Pentecostal, and many others.
They were married in a small Protestant church outside Boston.
Reformation-era Protestant denomination
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
- MethodistProtestant denomination member
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
- AnglicanChurch of England member
Episcopalian · Pentecostal · Wesleyan · Adventist · Quaker · Mennonite · Anabaptist · Moravian
Clergy's worship address
- hymnReligious song of praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- pastorChristian congregation leader
minister · communion · liturgy · choir · psalm · pew · altar · organ
Effortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- justificationReason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
atonement · repentance · scripture · doctrine · creed · evangelism · conversion · righteousness
Protestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
schism · iconoclasm · Augsburg Confession · Diet of Worms · Counter-Reformation
Lutheran
Reformation-era Protestant denomination
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
- MethodistProtestant denomination member
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
Anglican · Episcopalian · Pentecostal · Wesleyan · Adventist · Quaker · Mennonite · Anabaptist · Moravian · Calvinist
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- hymnReligious song of praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
pastor · minister · communion · liturgy · choir · psalm · pew · altar · organ · benediction
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- justificationReason proving rightness
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
predestination · atonement · repentance · scripture · doctrine · creed · evangelism · conversion · righteousness · holiness
Luther
Protestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
Reformation · schism · iconoclasm · Augsburg Confession · Diet of Worms · Counter-Reformation
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Pope-led Christian denomination
Roman Catholic Church · Eastern Orthodox Church · Orthodox Church · Greek Orthodox Church · papacy
Protestant churchsecularism
Separation of faith, state
irreligion · atheism · atheist · agnosticism · agnostic
Protestant churchmosque
Islamic house of worship
synagogue · temple · Buddhist temple · Hindu temple · gurdwara
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