What are the differences in protestant beliefs?
First and the foremost thing is, some catholics believe Mary to be GOD, some say we dont believe but We pray to Mary. Catholics do Idol worship Catholics have lot of religious festivals which are not described in the bible[ Some of the festivals are pagan festivals which were later converted to be christian ones] Also catholics have different bible and some of the interpretations are different[ Eg: the book of Daniel has 14 chapters in catholic version and 12 chapters in protestant version, Second Example the fruit of Holy is 12 according to catholics but 9 according to protestants] Protestants do not do Idol worship. They belive in trinity and belive JESUS as GOD and not Mary.
I was born into a Protestant environment but almost all my closest Friends are Catholic. I can’t tell you about those differences you mention (cos I remain quite ignorant on those issues), however, when first talking to my best mates (Catholic) I was surprised what differences they thought existed between our faiths i.e. They thought I didn’t believe in the Virgin Mary & the emaculate conception, or Jesus our saviour ! or that I was able to take communion (Blood of Christ ect.) within my own Church. In fact there is very little difference. At the end of the day it’s a fact that the Protestant Faith was born out of a Kings desire to get Divorced, & not pay Taxes to Rome. The main difference which I detect is the practice of ‘Confession’ within Catholicism, other than that there ain’t much – The Catholic Service tends to be longer with more Detail though. Lets hope that one day the Protestant Faith will return to the bussom of the Catholic faith from whence it sprung. P.S. At least that
In my opinion a lot of the denominations result from a matter of emphasis. When you think “Salvation Army” you think of an extreme focus on the poor and that is what Booth thought was extremely important. Now that is not to say that other denominations don’t believe in helping the poor but the Salvation Army puts it high on the list. John Wesley, who started Methodism, did numerous writings on holiness living, in particular about sanctification. For the most part traditional Methodists feel that there should be particular emphasis on holy living and staying clear of questionable or worldly practices. And so it goes with other denominations. Of course there are probably innumerable differences in some theological ideas but most are so vague and unimportant that they are not a matter of heaven and hell, in my opinion. What is extremely imporant is the areas in which they are identical. Christian denominations all believe in One God who reveals himself in the persons of the Father, Son, a
