What do protestant blieve?

Answer 1

The mainstream Protestant Churches (eg Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Pentecostals, Baptists and so on) have very similar beliefs to Roman Catholics. They accept Jesus as Lord, they accept the Trinity, they regard Scripture alone as the Word of God, they believe in the name Nicene Creed as Roman Catholics do and recite each mass, as do Protestants.

Protestants accept Jesus as God in human form, who died for us and for our salvation, who rose again, and ascended. They believe that The Holy Spirit dwells in each and every Christian to guide, protect and draw us to be more Christ-like for the benefit of our souls, and, most importantly, for the benefit of others.

However, the main differences between Protestant beliefs and Catholic ones are firstly Protestants regard Scripture far more importantly than Catholics, and reject what they see as heretical and unBiblical beliefs that many Catholics have (such as the idea of purgatory, the over-adulation of Mary, praying to saints, veneration of relics and statues and so on), regarding these as human inventions and unscriptural. Secondly, they reject the authority of the Pope and certainly reject his infallibility, which they consider another human and counter-scriptural invention. Apart from these peripheral differences, Protestants and Catholics have very similar beliefs where they matter.