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The name given to all Christian denominations, sects, or groups rising out of the Reformation. Protestant churches generally agree that the principle of authority should be the Scriptures rather than the institutional church or the pope. (from W.L. Reese, Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, 1999)
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39 entry terms
- Anglican Church
- Anglicans
- Baptist Church
- Baptists
- Episcopal Church
- Episcopalians
- Lutheran Church
- Lutherans
- Methodist Church
- Methodists
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterians
- Protestant Ethics
- Protestants
- Quakers
- Seventh-Day Adventists
- Society of Friends
- Adventist, Seventh-Day
- Adventists, Seventh-Day
- Anglican
- Baptist
- Church, Anglican
- Church, Baptist
- Church, Episcopal
- Church, Lutheran
- Church, Methodist
- Church, Presbyterian
- Episcopalian
- Ethic, Protestant
- Ethics, Protestant
- Friends Society
- Lutheran
- Methodist
- Presbyterian
- Protestant
- Protestant Ethic
- Quaker
- Seventh Day Adventists
- Seventh-Day Adventist
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Indexed with the subheadings history, psychology.
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History Note
2003; use CHRISTIANITY 1978-2002; for SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS use CHRISTIANITY 1994-2002
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- Christianity (1974-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Protestantism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033303. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033303
- Protestantism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism
- Protestantism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23540