What do protestants believe?
I think the main overall beliefs of Prodestants, relative to say Roman Catholics,can be summed up using the four slogans of the Prodestant Reformation: Prodestants believe: 1) Salvation is by God’s grace alone (Grace being God’s undeserved merit) 2) manifested in Christ alone (in particular his atoning death and resurrection) 3) revealed in Scripture alone (Scripture being the Bible which Evangelical Prodestants believe to be God’s Word thus the final and sole authority in what Christians believe and how they are to live) 4) God’s grace in Christ revealed in Scripture is received through faith alone (faith being trust, relying on, dependance) Catholics (at least pre-Vatican II) believe 1) Salvation is by God’s grace alone (grace being God’s power) *2) God’s grace is manifested in Christ and the good works of others (Christ’s death was the major manifestation) 3) revealed in Scripture and Church tradition (my understanding is that the Catholics have two sources of authority: THe Bible a
