Protestant faith

Non-Catholic Christian belief

Protestant faith refers to the branch of Christianity that emerged from the 16th-century Reformation, when reformers broke from the Roman Catholic Church.

Protestant denominations—including Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and many others—generally emphasize scripture as the primary religious authority and salvation through faith rather than works.

She was raised in the Protestant faith but converted to Catholicism as an adult.

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hymn singing · hymnody · Martin Luther · Anglicanism · grace · Bible translations · King James Bible · scripture reading · worship · cross · John Calvin · Great Awakening · Methodism · justification · Sunday schools · 95 Theses · bible · sanctification

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Christian denominational tradition

Protestant faithCatholicism

Papal Christian denomination

Roman Catholicism · Catholic faith · Eastern Orthodoxy · Orthodox Christianity · Greek Orthodoxy

religious belief vs. non-belief

Protestant faithatheism

Rejection of deities

secularism · irreligion · agnosticism · secular humanism · godlessness

Abrahamic vs. non-Abrahamic religion

Protestant faithBuddhism

Enlightenment-seeking Eastern religion

Hinduism · Shinto · paganism · animism · Taoism

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