Some Protestant Churches have a hierarchical style of church government similar to the Catholic Church. Other have a Congregational church government. Some even have a combination of both where the individual church bodies interact and do business themselves but answer to a hierarchical government that has state district and national church levels. An example of a church like this would be the Church of the Nazarene.
The founders of many Protestant Churches felt that having statues or pictures of saints in their churches could be regarded as a form of idolatory.
No protestant churches do not have a single leader like the pope.
Some Protestant Churches have a hierarchical style of church government similar to the Catholic Church. Other have a Congregational church government. Some even have a combination of both where the individual church bodies interact and do business themselves but answer to a hierarchical government that has state district and national church levels. An example of a church like this would be the Church of the Nazarene.
There is no pope of Protestant churches. In fact, you could say that one of the main reasons for the Protestant Reformation was not to have a pope!
The Church refers to non-Catholic churches as ecclesial communities as they are not "churches" in the real sense of the word. Most of these now are '''protestant''' of one form or another and called that.
Some presbyterian churches have deacons.
Protestant, most churches such as Methodist or Baptist come from the protestant faith.
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No. Many Protestant and Orthodox churches also name their parishes for saints.
The protestant revolt began in the sixteenth century with the likes of Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and Henry VIII, and has continued since then.
Protestant and Catholic. There are also Cults.
Protestant and Catholic. There are also Cults.