{"id":5796,"date":"2024-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:28:17","slug":"catholicism-vs-protestantism-a-comparative-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/catholicism-vs-protestantism-a-comparative-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Protestanti contro cattolici: come differiscono le loro credenze e il loro culto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>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. The other differences follow from those two: the sacraments, Communion, Mary and the saints, and Purgatory. &quot;Protestant&quot; covers many churches: Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians and other Reformed churches, Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals and independent\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholics and Protestants share the creeds and faith in Christ but differ on authority, justification, sacraments, Communion, Mary, the saints and Purgatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,78],"tags":[],"series":[217,219],"class_list":["post-5796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","category-biblical-debates","series-catholicism-demystified","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3947,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/catholic-vs-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":5796,"position":0},"title":"Catholic vs Christian: Catholics Are Christians Who Differ From Protestants","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Catholics are Christians, and \"Catholic vs Christian\" usually means Catholic vs Protestant, two families that differ over authority, the sacraments, Mary, salvation and the Bible.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian History","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pentecost, in the style of Jacques-Louis David","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pentecost-jacques-louis-david-fbb1c7de.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3529,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/protestant-vs-anglican\/","url_meta":{"origin":5796,"position":1},"title":"Anglican vs Protestant: Is the Anglican Church Protestant? 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