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usa united republic most Protestant Confession reinoautoridad

Protestantism in the World

The largest number of Protestants is America, where despite the weight loss of the "WASP", traditionally in favor of other groups (especially Hispanics, a majority of Catholics), the majority of Americans belong to a confession Protestant. Second is the United Kingdom, clearly Protestant majority, split between Anglican (majority in England) and the Church of Scotland, Presbyterian confession (mostly in Scotland).
Location Country Population% of Protestants Protestant

1 United States 162 653 774 52.0%
2 United Kingdom 44,726,678 74.0%
34,100,000 23.0% 3 Nigeria
4 Germany 31,300,000 38.0%
5 Republic of South Africa 30,000,000 62.0%
6 Brazil 27,900,000 15.0%
7 China 15,675,766 1.2%
8 6.0% 14,460,000 Indonesia
Kenya 12,855,244 38.0% 9
Democratic Republic of Congo 10 20.0% 12,017,001


Differences between the Protestant Churches and the Catholic Church


Not recognized the authority of the Catholic Pontiff, Pope, as vicar of Christ on earth, or any of the Patriarchs of the Orthodox Church.

The Bible is the sole source of authority (Sola Scriptura), church tradition has no validity if it is supported and justified in the Bible.

The decisions of the councils have no authority if not based on biblical doctrines.

Salvation is not obtained by works but by faith alone.

The worship service or lacks a necessary liturgical order.

Is not created or is venerated images, virgins, saints, etc.

The act of repentance does not require a confession to a priest, but is an intimate act between God and people through prayer.

Some churches (Anabaptists, Baptists, brothers, Pentecostals and other Protestant churches) do not baptize infants and those
have been baptized must be baptized again, considering baptism as a conscious decision that represents the public confession of an individual to decide to follow the teachings of Christ. On the other hand, the mainline Protestant churches (Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, etc.) Recognize and practice baptism childish (paedobaptists), not only as a means of incorporating the child to the Church, but also as a sign of regeneration , filiation and action by the Grace of God.

The canon of the Bible for Protestants is 66 books, and only accepted as inspired books that are unique to the Jewish Tanakh (Old Testament for Christians), according to tradition Jerusalemite, and not according to Greek tradition (the Bible of the Seventy), which is used by the Catholic Church. The books are not used by Protestants are called Deuterocanonical and Apocrypha.

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