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Protestant Christianity rejects the Roman Catholic belief that Christ founded the Catholic Church as his sole representative and rejects the notion that priests or saints have special access to the divine.  Although Protestantism accepts that Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ while still a virgin, they reject the teaching of her perpetual virginity, and although she is greatly admired they do not elevate her to the status she holds within Catholicism.  

Protestant Christianity rejects the Roman Catholic belief that Christ founded the Catholic Church as his sole representative and rejects the notion that priests or saints have special access to the divine.  Although Protestantism accepts that Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ while still a virgin, they reject the teaching of her perpetual virginity, and although she is greatly admired they do not elevate her to the status she holds within Catholicism.  

Most Protestants stress their belief that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, although Quakers and Pentecostals believe in personal revelation as a factor in God's connection to believers.  Protestants reject the Catholic concept that Tradition -- beliefs held consistently by the people of God since the time of the Apostles -- is a second means (alongside Scripture) by which God reveals his will to the Church, nor do they accept Papal pronouncements as binding on all believers. With few exceptions, Protestant churches observe only two sacraments (Baptism and the Lord's Supper; on the former Protestants differ between those who baptize infants and those who baptize children and adults), not the seven sacraments that the Catholic Church accepts.

Most Protestants stress their belief that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, although Quakers and Pentecostals believe in personal revelation as a factor in God's connection to believers.  Protestants reject the Catholic concept that Tradition—beliefs held consistently by the people of God since the time of the Apostles—is a second means (alongside Scripture) by which God reveals his will to the Church, nor do they accept Papal pronouncements as binding on all believers. With few exceptions, Protestant churches observe only two sacraments (Baptism and the Lord's Supper; on the former Protestants differ between those who baptize infants and those who baptize children and adults), not the seven sacraments that the Catholic Church accepts.

==Politics==

==Politics==

Each Protestant denomination launched missionary activity to spread the gospel, and they competed with each other and with Catholic missions.  

Each Protestant denomination launched missionary activity to spread the gospel, and they competed with each other and with Catholic missions.  

The greatest successes came in the United States, where a series of revivals called the First and Second [[Great Awakening]]s resulted in many converts to various Protestant churches by 1860<ref>Sadly, the Awakenings also resulted in the formation of several sects which are considered in some circles to be cults, such as Seventh-Day Adventists, Christian Science, and the Mormons.</ref>, and in Africa and South Korea, where Protestantism grew rapidly throughout the 20th century.

The greatest successes came in the United States, where a series of revivals called the First and Second [[Great Awakening]]s resulted in many converts to various Protestant churches by 1860,<ref>Sadly, the Awakenings also resulted in the formation of several sects which are considered in some circles to be cults, such as Seventh-Day Adventists, Christian Science, and the Mormons.</ref> and in Africa and South Korea, where Protestantism grew rapidly throughout the 20th century.

==Numbers and Distribution in 1900==

==Numbers and Distribution in 1900==