Protestant
Six princes of the Holy Roman Empire and rulers of fourteen Imperial Free Cities, who issued See more

Pre-Reformation
Many of the individual ideas that were taken up by various reformers had historical pre … See more

Unlike mainstream Lutheran, Calvinist and Zwinglian movements, the Radical Reformation, which had no state sponsorship, … See more

Protestants can be differentiated according to how they have been influenced by important movements since the Reformation, today … See more

There are also Christian movements which cross denominational lines and even branches, and cannot be classified on the same level previously mentioned forms. Evangelicalism is … See more

Main principles
Various experts on the subject tried to determine what makes a Christian denomination a part of Protestantism. A common … See more

Protestants refer to specific groupings of congregations or churches that share in common foundational doctrines and the name of their groups as denominations. The term denomination (national body) is to be distinguished from branch (denominational … See more