By whom? They do not consider themselves to be apostate, certainly not as a whole. So your question needs to tell us who is considering them to be apostate.
Answer from a CatholicThe Catholic Church is the only Church which is NOT an apostate church. Apostate means to abandon beliefs, the Catholic Church is the only Church established by Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, and guaranteed by the Holy Spirit. All other "Churches" have apostatized from the Catholic Church.
Protestant and Catholic. There are also Cults.
Protestant and Catholic. There are also Cults.
Lerond Curry has written: 'Protestant-Catholic relations in America, World War I through Vatican II' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Protestant churches, Relations, Religion 'Protestant-Catholic relations in America' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Protestant churches, Relations, Religion
All Protestant denominations had their origins in the Catholic Church. Some of them broke directly from the Catholic Church, such as Anglicans and Lutherans. Others eventually split from the original Protestant denominations such as the Baptists, Puritans (Congregationalists), Methodists, etc., to form their own sects. The Orthodox Churches were part of the original Catholic Church but split with them in the Great Schism of 1054 due to doctrinal differences. However, members of the Orthodox Churches are not considered as Protestant denominations.
The Catholic and Protestant churches worked together to support composers during the Baroque period.
No. Many Protestant and Orthodox churches also name their parishes for saints.
Protestant and Catholic
it divided the roman catholic church which lead to protestant churches
Protestant churches are just that: protestant, not Catholic. There are currently (2014) over 40,000 denominations in the United States, so different from each other that there is no way to compare them, except in that all of them are not Catholic.
The Protestant churches do not have any connections to the Catholic Church or the Pope. Some churches may look to him for guidance and teaching but in general and this would include Episcapal Churches. Most Protestant churches in US are Baptist, Methodist and Church of Christ and are not associated with the Catholic Church.
because the protestants were rebelling against the catholic churches rule and authority since they did not like the catholic churches way of ruling