The majority of Christians in the USA are Protestant.
The main difference is that the Catholic Church has a lot more bright colours, whereas the Protestants are more bland.
There are far more Catholics than Protestants.
Catholic and Protestant. Catholic is based off the Roman Catholic church, and the many divisions of Protestant, formed out of Martin Luther's Protest in the 16th century when he pinned a list of grievances against the Catholic church. For more information on the Protestant movement see the related link below.
Yes, if you have gone through the annulment process. The Catholic Church view marriges in other types of churces as valid marriges, unless one or both of the spouses was Catholic. If this is not the case, the annulment process is much longer and more complicated.
The name "catholic" means universal, so the "catholic church" is all the believers in Christ all over the world. The organized church was more (or less) one church until the Eastern Orthodox church split from the Roman Catholic church, which was (and is) headquartered in Rome. At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Protestant churches left the rule of the Roman Catholic church and formed their own denominations (such as Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians). Sometimes people use the term "catholic" when they really should use the term Roman Catholic, so things can get confused.
The clue is to know what makes a Protestant, and then to see what rules the different monarchs set.The answer is that English became more and less Protestant depending on the monarch, and ended up with Elizabeth being Protestant, but not extreme ProtestantFfionxxx
In the past twenty centuries, more than one group has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church (there is no "Roman" Catholic Church, that is a slur invented in England after the protestant revolt). You would have to specify a time period to get a more precise answer.
The protestant reformation was caused by Martin Luther who wrote the ninety-five theses. He criticized the Catholic church and other followed him, causing a break-away from the roman catholic church.
The reforms of the Church of England during the reign of Elizabeth I made it more Protestant.
The kind of religion that Martin Luther wanted instead of the Catholic Church was a more charismatic religion. This is what prompted the formation of the protestant movement.
King Henry VIII established The Church of England (the Anglican church). Like the protestant church it was a separation from Roman Catholicism, but it was created under different circumstances. There is some disagreement if the Anglican church should be considered protestant or catholic seeing as it contains parts of Catholicism that Protestant religions disagree with, but also disagrees with Catholicism on some of the same points as Protestant religions. Regardless, the Anglican church considers itself a separate entity entirely.
Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. . Go to the nearest Catholic Church and ask to enroll in the RCIA program, this program usually starts in August, and is an inquirer's class for those who want to find out more about the Catholic Church.