Although various Protestant groups broke free from the power of Rome, they carried with them many of the basic teachings and practices of the apostasy ​ — the clergy - laity concept, also belief in the Trinity, the immortality of the soul, and eternal torment after death.
और रोमन कैथोलिक गिरजे के समान, वे संसार के भाग बने रहे, राजनीतिक तत्त्वों के साथ नज़दीकी मित्रता में रहे ।