The reformation also affected England. In England, it began on the initiative of the ruling elite. In 1534, the English Parliament declared the independence of the Church from the Pope and declared the head of the Church of king Henry VIII. In England, all the monasteries were closed, and their property confiscated in favor of the Royal power. But at the same time, it was announced that Catholic rites and dogmas would be preserved. As a result of the struggle of the English authorities with the Pope, a compromise was found and on the basis of this compromise, in 1571, the Parliament adopted the creed, on the basis of which the third major variety of Protestantism was formed – Anglicanism. Thus, Protestantism from the very beginning of its existence was divided into a number of independent faiths-Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism. Later, many sects and denominations arose. This process continues to this day, and sects arise, some of them go to the stage of denomination, acquire the character of the Church. For example, baptism, Methodism, Adventism.

Protestants reject the dogma of the saving role of the Church and insist on the personal relationship between man and God. This means that the entire Church hierarchy is not needed for the cause of salvation, nor are priests needed as intermediaries between man and God, nor are monastic orders and monasteries in which huge wealth was concentrated.

The doctrine of universal priesthood also follows from this provision. Every Christian, being baptized, receives initiation to communion with God, the right to preach and perform worship without intermediaries. Ministers of worship in one form or another remain in Protestantism, but they have a fundamentally different status than what they have in the Orthodox and Catholic Church. The Minister of worship in Protestantism is deprived of the right to confess and absolve sins, and in his activities he is accountable to the community. in Protestantism

celibacy (vow of celibacy) has been abolished.

Pastoral activity is interpreted in Protestantism as a service, which authorizes this person-

ka community. Of course, the position of pastor requires special training in the interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, in performing rites, etc.But only this special professional qualification distinguishes the pastor from all other parishioners. Therefore, from the point of view of Protestantism, all adult members of the community can play an active role in its activities, participate in the selection of governing bodies. Protestantism rejected the authority of the Church and with it the authority of all ecclesiastical decrees: decisions of Ecumenical councils, documents of popes and other patriarchs of the Church, what is called Sacred Tradition in order to assert the absolute authority of the Holy Scripture, the Bible. The Bible, as it opens up to your mind, is the most important reservoir from which a believer finds his knowledge of God, the most important religious and moral attitudes that guide him in his life.

The main tenet of Protestantism is that of justification by faith alone in the atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Other ways to achieve salvation (rites, fasts, God-pleasing deeds, etc.) are considered insignificant. The acceptance of this dogma follows from Protestantism’s recognition of the fundamental depravity of man’s nature, which came as a result of his original sin. As a result of GRE-

after the fall, man lost the ability to do good on his own. All the good deeds that a person does are not his merit, but are evaluated only as a result of love for God, which stems from faith in the good news of Jesus Christ. Because of this, a person can not be saved by their merits, so-called “good deeds”. Salvation can only come to him as the result of divine intervention,