Protestantism

Protestantism is a sect of Christianity established by Martin Luther in 1517 as a response to the Catholic Church’s selling of indulgences. Martin Luther believed that asking for payment in exchange for salvation was immoral, and that the only way to enter heaven was through one’s own actions. Protestantism is the second largest sect of Christianity, with approximately 1 billion followers. Protestantism also has many other denominations with their own principals, including but not limited to: Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist and Wesleyan.

A popular sect of Protestantism, known as Calvinism, follows the teachings of John Calvin, who preached that those who live moral lives have already been chosen to receive God’s gift of heaven in the afterlife.