Editing Heresy (section)

=== Protestantism ===
* Protestantism's core belief lies in '''sola scriptura''<nowiki/>' and '<nowiki/>''sola fide''<nowiki/>', which hold that 
** the only authority for Church dogma lies in the text of the Bible itself
*** for this reason, Luther, for example, discarded the Dueteronomical books that contradicted his positions on Purgatory, the Saints, etc. 
** belief alone leads to savlation ("justification by faith alone")
*** which thereby negates the need for the Priesthood and the Sacraments
* various modern Protestant churches may reject core Catholic beliefs of
** Sacraments of Confirmation, Priestly Ordination, and the Eucharist
** the Real Presence of Christ at Mass, especially in the Eucharist
** the Saints
** Church tradition and accumulated wisdom through thinkers, Saints, and tradition
* especially in its early period, protestant movements were seen as not merely schismatic but heretical
** French protestants, for example, the Huguenots, were persecuted for heresy
** as protestant churches were given official sanction by local rulers, especially in Germany, the movement became political, thus leading to wars such as the Thirty Years War, which was a political as much as a religious war