Protestantism:
I.
Major historical denominations, sects, and movements
II.
Points of agreement and disagreement with the Catholic Faith
A. Discussion
B. Books
Protestantism:
I. Major historical denominations, sects, and movements
II. Points of agreement and disagreement with the Catholic Faith
A. Discussion
B. Books
 | Adventists (group of six American Protestant sects stemming from William Miller) |
| Anabaptists (Swiss Brethren, Mennonites, Amish, Baptists) |
| Anglicanism (tradition originating in the English schism from Rome) |
| Baptist (Anabaptists of English origin) |
| Calvinism (Presbyterians, Reformed-- Swiss, Netherlands, Scotland, Hungary, Bohemia) |
| Christian Scientism (heretical sect founded by Mary Baker Eddy teaching illusive nature of sin, disease & death) |
| Church of God (offshoot of Seventh Day Adventists) |
| Disciples of Christ (American sect founded by Alexander Campbell) |
| Episcopalians (American branch of the Anglican tradition) |
| Fundamentalism (American reactionary Protestant movement originating in late 19th century) |
| Iglisia ni Cristo (Filipino sect, larger than Jehovah's Witnesses, founded by Felix Manalo) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses (heretical sect with Adventist roots founded by Charles Taze Russell) |
| Lutheranism (north German tradition originating with Martin Luther) |
| Mennonites (Anabaptists of Swiss and Dutch origin) |
| Methodism (a reform movement within Anglicanism) |
| Mormonism (American heretical sect founded by Joseph Smith) |
| Moravians (tradition with pre-Reformation roots in Bohemian influence of Wyclif & Hus) |
| Presbyterianism (Calvinist tradition of Scottish origin) |
| Seventh Day Adventists (an American Adventist sect observing the seventh day as Sabbath) |
| Unitarians (liberal Protestant sect with 17th-century British deist roots, denying trinity, divine revelation) |
| Waldensians (a pre-Reformation sect stemming from Peter Waldo in the 13th century) |
| Worldwide Church of God (American British Israelist sect founded by Herbert W. Armstrong) |
II. Points of agreement and disagreement with the Catholic Faith
| Anti-Catholicism **** |
| The Bible and the Catholic Church ***** |
| The Bible and the "Apocrypha" (Deuterocanonical books of the Bible) (see also "Sola Scriptura" below) |
| Confession (also called "Penance" or "Reconciliation") **** |
| Contraception **** |
| History of Protestantism **** |
| Indulgences (Protestant and Catholics beliefs about indulgences, including definitions) |
| Kierkegaard: A Critic of Luther ***** |
| Liturgy (forms of worship) **** |
| Mary (Protestant and Catholic beliefs about the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| The Pope (the papacy, primacy of Peter, infallibility, etc.) |
| Purgatory (myths, facts, biblical data, historical roots, definitions) |
| Saints (prayer to saints, patron saints, etc.) |
| Sola Fide ("Faith Alone," the Protestant principle of justification by faith alone) |
| Sola Scriptura ("Bible Alone," the Protestant principle of doctrinal authority) (see also "The Bible and the 'Apocrypha'" above) |
| Tradition **** |
| Other issues (Catholic apologetics links) |
| Fundamentalism **** |
| Other non-Catholic groups (Catholic Answers) ***** |
| The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism, by Louis Bouyer (A Lutheran minister who converted to Catholicism offers his appreciative assessment and critique of Protestantism) ***** |
| Evangelical Is Not Enough, by Thomas Howard (Amazon reviews) **** |
| On Being Catholic, by Thomas Howard (Amazon reviews) ***** |
| That Strange Divine Sea: Reflections on Being a Catholic, by Christopher Derrick ***** |
| Under the Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken (the Episcopal convert's sequel to the best selling romance, A Severe Mercy) (ch. IX, "The English Channel") ***** |
| Catholic and Christian: An Explanation of Commonly Misunderstood Catholic Beliefs, by Alan Schreck (Amazon reviews) ***** |
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