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Roman Catholics believed that in order to receive everlasting salvation, that you must commit good deeds during your lifetime, while the Protestants believed that just believing in the faith itself will bring you everlasting salvation. The Roman Catholics believed that clergy and laymen were chosen by God to live their lives through God, while Protestants believed that clergy and laymen were chosen to help other's interpret the words of God. While Roman Catholics believed their clergy and layment should live their lives how God would want them, Protestants believed that the clergy and laymen should live their lives according to the word of God. The Protestants believed that the Bible listed all the information that men needed in order to live their lives according to the religion; that they did not need to receive acceptance by one specific person or group of people, that everything that they needed was written in the Bible. Calvin believed that people were predestined before birth......

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