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'''Protestant''' is one of the three major divisions in [[Christendom]] that traces their heritage back to the [[Western Church]]. Other divisions include [[Catholicism]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].
The founding of Protestantism has its origins in the [[European]] [[Reformation]] and its rejection of the [[doctrine]]s and [[malpractice]]s within the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Those included the teaching and sale of [[indulgences]], the buying and selling of church positions and the systemic [[corruption]], devotion to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] and the [[saint]]s rather than inward devotion to [[faith]] and [[God]], and rejection of the [[authority]] of the [[Pope]] on the basis that the only true authority is the [[Bible]].
Protestants made the Bible available to all by publication of the Bible in the common language and universal education. The mandatory [[celibacy]] of the [[clergy]] (including monasticism) was also rejected.
Notable events:
:[[Martin Luther]]'s nailing of [[The 95 Theses]] to the church doors in [[Wittenberg]] on October 31, 1517
:In [[England]], by decree of King [[Henry VIII]] in 1533.
:[[John Knox]], inspired by [[John Calvin]] and aided by many [[Martyrs' Monument|martyr]]s, liberated [[Scotland]] from the yoke of [[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]] in 1560.
Protestants are the largest [[Christian]] division in the [[United States of America]].
In the United States, denominations in the Protestant division include:
*[[Anglican]]
*[[Lutheran]]
*[[Presbyterian]]
*[[Reformed]]
*[[Anabaptist]]
*[[Baptist]]
*[[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]
*[[Mennonite]]
*[[Amish]]
*[[Methodist]]
*[[Brethren]]
*[[Pentecostal]]
*[[Society of Friends]] ("Quakers")
*[[Holiness]]
*[[Restoration Movement]]
*[[Adventist]]
==Web links==
[http://www.ianpaisley.org/main.asp The European Institute of Protestant Studies]
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