Martin Luther Compare And Contrast

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Martin Luther was not the only person to take issue with the Catholic Church. There was the Calvinism and Anglicanism that were on the same side with the Lutheran branch of Protestantism. They have similar qualities but also different. Lutheran, Calvinism and Anglicanism was different by the beliefs of Eucharist, Salvation, and the importance of the bible. Lutheran branch of Protestantism was formed in Germany (north), Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Martin Luther believed the same with Anglican about the Eucharist. He believed it to be consubstantiation. That means that the Eucharist is only to be bread and wine. Not the body and bread of christ. The Anglicans did indeed believe the same as the Lutherans did about the Eucharist. But, Calvinism

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