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''Synopsis:'' Protestantism is a movement within [[Christianity]], representing a split from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] that occurred during the sixteenth century in Europe — a period known as the Protestant [[Reformation]]. The split occurred primarily over issues of doctrine, especially the issue of [[Justification by faith]] versus [[Justification by faith plus works]]. Some of the main Protestant church denominations today include the [[Lutheran Church]], [[Anglican Communion]] and the [[Baptist Church]]. ----{{rtoc}}Infobox_Contents | {{topics}}topic_name = The Protestant Churches | * subtopics = [[Branches of Protestantism Index]] - [[Anabaptist]] | , [[Anglican Communion]] | , [[Baptist]] | , [[Lutheran]] | , [[Methodist]] | , [[Presbyterian]] | , [[Reformed]] | , [[Salvation Army]] | , [[Seventh-day Adventist]] | , [[Uniting churches]] | For others, see [[Branches of Protestantism Index]]* [[Protestant Doctrine]] | - [[Justification by faith]]* [[History of Protestantism]] | - [[Reformation]] | , [[Puritan Movement]]* Modern movements - [[Evangelicalism]] | , [[Liberalism]] | , [[Charismatic]]| opinion_pieces = {{opinionsshort_opinions}}| ==Main article==}}
20th centurySome of the more recent well known Protestants include:
21st century
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Protestantism is a movement within [[Christianity]], representing a split from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] that occurred during the sixteenth century in Europe — a period known as the Protestant [[Reformation]]. The split occurred primarily over issues of doctrine, especially the issue of [[Justification by faith]] versus [[Justification by faith plus works]]. Some of the main Protestant church denominations today include the [[Lutheran Church]], [[Anglican Communion]] and the [[Baptist Church]].
Protestants can be differentiated according to how they have been influenced by important movements since the magisterial Reformation and the Puritan Reformation in England. Some of these movements have a common lineage, sometimes directly spawning later movements in the same groups.
====Pietism 17th Century - Methodist movement 18th century====
===Well-known Protestant and Anglican religious figures===
Some of the well known 16th centuryProtestants include:
* [[Jacobus Arminius]], Dutch theologian, founder of school of thought known as Arminianism
* [[John Calvin]], French speaking Reformer, theologian, founder of school of thought known as Calvinism
* [[Huldrych Zwingli]], early Swiss religious reformer
Some of the well known Protestants from the 17th-to 19th centuriesinclude:
* [[Jacob Amman]], founder of the Amish church
* [[Francis Asbury]], early bishop of American Methodism
* [[George Whitefield]], Great Awakening reformist preacher
* [[Billy Graham]], American evangelist
* [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], peace and civil rights activist
* [[Desmond Tutu]], Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, peace activist
* [[John Howard Yoder]], Mennonite theologian and ethicist
* [[Franklin Graham]], American evangelist (son of Billy Graham)
* [[John B. Cobb]], theologian, involved in Process Theology
===Defense of Protestant Christianity===
*[http://lionofjudah.tribulationforces.com/world_religions/catholic.html Protestant criticisms of Roman Catholicism]
*[http://www.apologeticsinfo.org/resource.html Apologetics Information Ministry]
===Criticisms of Protestant Christianity===
* [http://protestantism.blogspot.com/ Anti-protestant analysis]
* [http://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0097.html Why Only Catholicism Can Make Protestantism Work] by Mark Brumley
===Miscellaneous===
* [http://catalystresources.org/issues/303balmer.html The Future of American Protestantism] from ''Catalyst'' ([[United Methodist Church|United Methodist perspective]])
