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''Synopsis:'' {{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = The Protestant Churches | subtopics = [[Branches of Protestantism is a movement within Index]] - [[Anabaptist]], [[Anglican Communion]], [[Baptist]], [[Lutheran]], [[Methodist]], [[Presbyterian]], [[ChristianityReformed churches]], representing a split from the [[Roman Catholic ChurchSalvation Army]] that occurred during the sixteenth century in Europe — a period known as the Protestant , [[ReformationSeventh-day Adventist]]. The split occurred primarily over issues of doctrine, especially the issue of [[Justification by faithUniting churches]]* [[Protestant Doctrine]] versus - [[Justification by faith plus works]]. Some * [[History of the main Protestant church denominations today include the Protestantism]] - [[Reformation]], [[Puritan Movement]]* Modern movements - [[Lutheran ChurchEvangelicalism]], [[Anglican CommunionLiberalism]] and the , [[Baptist ChurchCharismatic]].| opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} | }}
----__TOC__{{topics}}* [[Branches The Protestant Churches are one of the main groups of Protestantism Index]] - [[Anabaptist]] | [[Anglican Communion]] | [[Baptist]] | [[Lutheran]] | [[Methodist]] | [[Presbyterian]] | [[Reformed]] | [[Salvation Army]] | [[Seventh-day Adventist]] | [[Uniting churches]] | For others, see or branches in [[Branches of Protestantism IndexChristianity]]* [[. The Protestant Doctrine]] | [[Justification by faith]]* [[History Churches developed because of Protestantism]] | [[Reformation]] | [[Puritan Movement]]* Modern movements - [[Evangelicalism]] | [[Liberalism]] | [[Charismatic]] {{opinions}} ==Main article== 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(belief), 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]].
20th centurySome of the more recent well known Protestants include:
21st century
*[http://lionofjudah.tribulationforces.com/world_religions/catholic.html Protestant criticisms of Roman Catholicism]
* [http://catalystresources.org/issues/303balmer.html The Future of American Protestantism] from ''Catalyst'' ({{returnto}} [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist perspectiveDenominations]])
{{returnto}} [[Category:Denominations]][[Category:Protestant]]
→Well-known Protestant and Anglican religious figures: William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
===Definition and origins - [[Reformation]]===
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
* [[William Booth]], founder of the Salvation Army
* [[Jonathan Edwards]], American Puritan theologian, Great Awakening reformist preacher, Calvinist
* [[George Fox]], Founder of the Society of Friends
* [[George Whitefield]], Great Awakening reformist preacher
* [[Billy Graham]], American evangelist
* [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], peace and civil rights activist
* [[Jerry Falwell]], American evangelist and political activist
* [[C. S. Lewis]], apologist / fiction writer
* [[Karl Barth]], German theologian along with Emil Brunner known for Dialectical theology and Neo-orthodox theology* [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]], German theologian, involved in the resistance against Nazism and executed shortly before the end of World War 2
* [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], American theologion and ethicist
* [[Pat Robertson]], American charismatic/fundamentalist leader
* [[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://www.apologeticsinfo.org/resource.html Apologetics Information Ministry]
===Criticisms of Protestant Christianity===
* [http://protestantism.blogspot.com/ Anti-protestant analysis]
* [http://catholiceducation.org/articlesen/religion-and-philosophy/apologetics/ap0097why-only-catholicism-can-make-protestantism-work-louis-bouyer-on-the-reformation.html Why Only Catholicism Can Make Protestantism Work] by Mark Brumley
===Miscellaneous===
* [http://catalystresources.org/the-future-of-american-protestantism The Future of American Protestantism] from ''Catalyst'' ([[United Methodist Church|United Methodist perspective]])
