Protestantism - An Introduction
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Interpretation of the scripture may vary, but reliance on the written
word rather than on papal dictates or religious doctrine is what separates
Protestant churches from Catholic
or Orthodox churches. Protestants
generally recognize two of the seven sacraments that the Orthodox and
Catholic churches recognize, namely: (1) baptism, through which a human
spirit is cleansed of "original sin" and endowed with a new
kind of life with Jesus Christ, and (2) Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper
or the Eucharist) a representation of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary.
Protestantism is divided into three main groups, and there are many other
secular and nondenominational churches. These three main branches are
Lutherans, Presbyterians,
and Anglicans (or Episcopalians, as they
are known in America). Brief descriptions of these churches and other
churches appear on the following pages.
Recommended
Reading:
 Holy
Bible, King James Version Old Testament (ebook)
 The
Complete Bible Handbook: An Illustrated Companion, by John Westerdale
Bowker
 The
Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English, by John Bunyan (a Christian
Classic)
 The
Sermon on the Mount, by Emmet Fox
 Mere
Christianity, by C. S. Lewis
 The
Cost of Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 How
to Be Born Again, by Billy Graham
 Strenght
to Love, by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Daily
Word
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