The first historical faction from Roman Catholicism came when the western church add the saying “the father, the son and the holy ghost.” The eastern church maintained that the holy ghost only comes from the father. Moreover, the formation of church administration really divided the east and the west. Eastern Orthodoxy doesn’t recognize the hierarchy of church administration nor do they honor the pope (the papacy). Protestantism doesn’t recognize the papacy either. In the days of Martin Luther, the papacy promoted that closeness to god came through the purchase of “indulgences”. Protestantism believes that closeness with god comes from the individual and the relationship they develop with God. Their relationship with god doesn’t have to come through a
The first historical faction from Roman Catholicism came when the western church add the saying “the father, the son and the holy ghost.” The eastern church maintained that the holy ghost only comes from the father. Moreover, the formation of church administration really divided the east and the west. Eastern Orthodoxy doesn’t recognize the hierarchy of church administration nor do they honor the pope (the papacy). Protestantism doesn’t recognize the papacy either. In the days of Martin Luther, the papacy promoted that closeness to god came through the purchase of “indulgences”. Protestantism believes that closeness with god comes from the individual and the relationship they develop with God. Their relationship with god doesn’t have to come through a