Catholics and Protestants share the Scriptures, though not the same list of books, say the same ancient creeds and worship the same Lord. They part mainly over authority (Scripture read with Tradition and the Pope, or Scripture alone) and over how a sinner is made right with God. Other differences follow: the sacraments, Communion, Mary and the saints, and Purgatory. “Protestant” covers many churches: Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians and other Reformed churches, Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals and independent congregations. The table gives…

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