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Catholicism and Orthodoxy came first. The Protestant Churches began after when Martin Luther formed a new Church and from that example, sprang up more churches and caused a snowball effect that is why there are literally over a thousand denominations.
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∙ 14y agoCatholicism and Orthodoxy came first. The Protestant Churches began after when Martin Luther formed a new Church and from that example, sprang up more churches and caused a snowball effect that is why there are literally over a thousand denominations.
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∙ 16y agoCatholics were first, the Protestants split from the Catholics with Martin Luthers Reformation in the 16th century.
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∙ 15y agoyes long time before. lutheranism broke off of catholocism in the 1500s... roman catholics are what were around from the time of Jesus
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∙ 14y agoCatholicism came first. Protestants broke away from the Catholic church.
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∙ 15y agoYes, they did.
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