Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

struggling to lift the heavy weight of religious formalism.

became known as ‘Anabaptists’ (or ‘re-baptizers’) because they rejected the baptism of infants and insisted that individuals should be baptized only after making a personal profession of faith.

Common allegiance to Scripture and a general agreement on most elements in the historic creeds made it possible for many Protestants to cooperate fairly well with each other.