id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8777 Protestantism - Wikipedia .html text/html 26063 2777 57 It is the second-largest denomination of Christianity (after Catholicism) with a total of 800 million to 1 billion adherents worldwide or about 37% of all Christians.[1][2][a] It originated with the 16th-century Reformation,[b] a movement against what its followers perceived to be errors in the Catholic Church.[4] Protestants reject the Roman Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy and sacraments, but disagree among themselves regarding the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and matters of church polity and apostolic succession.[5] They emphasize the priesthood of all believers, justification by faith alone (sola fide) rather than by good works, the Bible as being the sole highest authority (sola scriptura) (scripture alone) rather than also with sacred tradition, and morals specific to Christians.[6] The "five solae" summarise basic theological differences in opposition to the Catholic Church.[7] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8777.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8777.txt