Protestantism
Post-Reformation Christian branch
Protestantism is the branch of Christianity that emerged from the 16th-century Reformation, breaking from the Catholic Church.
Protestant denominations—Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, and hundreds more—share rejection of papal authority and emphasis on scripture and individual faith over church tradition.
Protestantism spread rapidly through northern Europe.
Protestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- AnglicanismEnglish Protestant denomination
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
- MethodistProtestant denomination member
Presbyterian · Pentecostal · Adventist · Anabaptist · Quakerism · Mennonite · Wesleyan · Moravian
Clergy's worship address
- hymnReligious song of praise
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- prayerAddress to deity
preaching · choir · revival · testimony · praise · communion · baptism · ordination
Protestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- KnoxKentucky military installation
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
papacy · excommunication · iconoclasm · Huguenots · Puritanism · schism · Geneva
Reason proving rightness
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
sanctification · trinity · sacraments · baptism · communion · confession · catechism · covenant
Trust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
- conversionAct of changing states
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- pietySincere religious devotion
devotion · discipleship · holiness · revival · awakening · testimony · calling · grace
Movement to end oppression
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- literacyAbility to read, write
education · charity · YMCA · voluntarism · prohibition
Lutheranism
Protestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- AnglicanismEnglish Protestant denomination
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
Methodist · Presbyterian · Pentecostal · Adventist · Anabaptist · Quakerism · Mennonite · Wesleyan · Moravian · Brethren
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- hymnReligious song of praise
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
prayer · preaching · choir · revival · testimony · praise · communion · baptism · ordination · clergy
Luther
Protestant Reformation initiator
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- KnoxKentucky military installation
indulgences · papacy · excommunication · iconoclasm · Huguenots · Puritanism · schism · Geneva
justification
Reason proving rightness
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
atonement · sanctification · trinity · sacraments · baptism · communion · confession · catechism · covenant · election
faith
Trust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
- conversionAct of changing states
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
piety · devotion · discipleship · holiness · revival · awakening · testimony · calling · grace · assurance
abolitionism
Movement to end oppression
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
literacy · education · charity · YMCA · voluntarism · prohibition
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- church historychurch history, apostles, Christian history, baptism, medieval church
- European faithsCatholicism, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism
- Religious SplintersGreat Schism, Lutherans, Lutheranism, Calvinists, Calvinism
- Filipino religionpatron saints, novena, religious processions, friars, parish priests
- Korean religionConfucianism, folk religion, shamans, Korean temples, Buddhist temples
ProtestantismRoman Catholicism
Papal Christian tradition
Catholicism · Counter-Reformation · papism · popery · papal supremacy
Protestantismatheism
Rejection of deities
secularism · irreligion · agnosticism · antitheism · secular humanism
ProtestantismEastern Orthodoxy
Eastern branch of Christianity
Orthodox Christianity · Greek Orthodoxy · Russian Orthodoxy · Oriental Orthodoxy
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