900 million and growing fast, Protestantism is the worlds fastest growing religion, it will be the majority religion in Latin America by the year 2020.
They split off into Protestants.
They split off into Protestants.
Well Luther himself preferred the term "evangelists", but they were pretty much known as Protestants for a while, until his followers began calling themselves "Lutherans" to differentiate themselves from other Protestants (some sects had widely different views).
they were called protestants because they protested
Christianity is he name for all followers of Jesus, RC church, Protestants, etc Catholicism is the world for followers of RC church
I think that the answer would be that no protestant followers the Pope. While we may respect him, to us the only head of the Church is Christ, no man.
Protestantism. (Catholics have the most, with about 1 billion followers, followed by te Independents, with ~600 million) Protestants have a little less than 600 million followers.
Protestants are followers of the Christian faith who protested against certain teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Puritans were a specific group within Protestantism who sought to purify the Church of England from perceived Roman Catholic influences. While all Puritans were Protestants, not all Protestants were Puritans.
Approx 4 million Protestants live in Scotland
Because they protested gainst te Catholic Churches Teachings and Practices. His teachings formed the basis of the Lutheran Church.
They have 10,00 followers today.
I would wager there are not many cristen followers. However, there are probably quite a few CHRISTIANS or CHRIST FOLLOWERS. =)