Most Protestants deny the need for this type of continuity and the historical claims involved have been severely questioned ; Eric Jay comments that the account given of the emergence of the episcopate in chapter III of Lumen Gentium " is very sketchy, and many ambiguities in the early history of the Christian ministry are passed over " Their reasons are given in detail below.

Most Protestants deny the doctrine of apostolic succession, believing that it is neither taught in Scripture nor necessary for Christian teaching, life, and practice.

Most Mainline Protestants recognize only two sacraments, the Eucharist and baptism ( though some Lutherans add confession ), deeming Anointing only a humanly-instituted rite.

Most Christians ( Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Rite and Protestants alike ) accept the use of creeds, and subscribe to at least one of the creeds mentioned above.

Most Protestants reject the doctrine of Purgatory on the basis that, according to the Protestant interpretation of Scripture, Christ has already made full atonement for our sins on the cross, thereby removing all obstacles which prevent us from coming directly into the presence of God after death.

Most Protestants also consider the concepts of the Trinity and Incarnation as defined at Nicaea ( in 325 ) and Chalcedon to be orthodox doctrine to which they adhere.

Most Donegal Protestants would trace their ancestors to settlers who arrived during the Plantation of Ulster in the early 17th-century.

Most of Provence remained strongly Catholic, with only one enclave of Protestants, the principality of Orange, Vaucluse, an enclave ruled by Prince William of the House of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands, which was created in 1544 and was not incorporated into France until 1673.

Most importantly, he awarded equal rights to Protestants and Roman Catholics alike.

Most of the speakers were dispensationalists, and the Niagara Conference introduced many evangelical Protestants to dispensationalist teaching.

Most Protestants today recognize only Christ as a mediator between themselves and God ( 1 Timothy 2: 5 ).

Most of its support came from middle class and upper class Protestants.

Most of the oldest recognized movements, dating to late 18th and 19th centuries, fought for specific social groups, such as the working class, peasants, whites, aristocrats, Protestants, men.

Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 28, 379 ( 92. 2 %), followed by Protestants with 1, 155 ( 3. 7 %) and the Jews with 1, 112 ( 3. 6 %).

Most Protestants do not believe in Christian perfection as Wesley described it and most Protestants also do not use the term theosis at all, though they refer to a similar doctrine by such terms as sanctification, " adoption as sons ", " union with Christ ", and " filled with the Spirit ".

Most modern Protestants neither teach nor believe in the Assumption of Mary, as they see no Biblical basis for it.

Most of the college's first students were white, middle class, Protestants.

Most Protestants had by that stage left the Southern Netherlands.

Most Protestants believe the soul is judged to go to Heaven or Hell immediately after death.

Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 1, 484 ( 94 %), followed by the Jews with 67 ( 4. 2 %) and Protestants with 28 ( 1. 8 %).

Most Protestants believe that justification is a singular act in which God declares an unrighteous individual to be righteous, an act made possible because Christ was legally " made sin " while on the cross ( 2 Cor 5: 21 ).

Traditionally anti-catholicism amongst the Protestant population remained latent since the end of the 18th century: " Most Irish Protestants were deeply afraid of a repetition of the events of 1798 and the years just before.

Most people assumed that Roman Catholics would pass unhindered into the ranks of public office and enjoy equality with Protestants.

Most of them sincerely believe that the Anglo-Saxon is the best race in the world and that it should remain pure.

Another teen-ager remarked: `` Most Jews don't believe in God, but they believe in people -- in helping people ''.

Most pastors and laymen, even though they believe it to be important, assume that the ecumenical movement lies outside the province of their parishes.

Most scholars believe that Amos gave his message in the autumn of 750 BC or 749 BC.

Most modern scholars believe it was written around 95 AD, with some believing it dates from around 70 AD.

Most anthropologists believe that cooking fires first developed around 250, 000 years ago.

Most anthropologists believe that cooking fires began only about 250, 000 years ago, when hearths started appearing.

Most in cognitive science, however, presumably do not believe their field is the study of anything as certain as the knowledge sought by Plato.

Most scholars believe that Cyril was born and brought up in Caesarea of Palestine but some say he may have been born in Jerusalem because of his early knowledge of the city's layout, but this could have been attributed to research or information he learned after moving there to become bishop.

Most Christians believe that the kosher food laws do not apply to them as they are no longer under the Law of Moses, and that, as Jesus taught in Mark 7: what you eat doesn't make you unclean but what comes out of a man's heart makes him unclean — although Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy have their own set of dietary observances.

Most Christians ( the exception is Full Preterism ) believe in the future Second Coming of Jesus, which includes the Resurrection of the Dead and the Last Judgment.

Most linguists today believe that stød is a development of the word accents, rather than the other way round.

Most experts believe that a prolonged fast can lead to muscle wasting although some dispute this.

Most historians believe that the word " Dagome " is a melding of two names: the Christian " Dago ," for " Dagobert " ( Mieszko's hypothetical baptismal name ), and the Slavic " Me ," for " Mieszko.

Most Christians believe that death and suffering will continue to exist until Christ's return.

Most Hindus believe that we are living in the Kali Yuga, the last of four periods ( Yuga ) that make up the current age.

Most Hindus believe that Shiva will destroy the world at the end of the kalpa.

Most churches in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, also practice their own form of open communion, provided those who receive are baptized and believe in the Real Presence.

Most New Testament scholars believe Paul of Tarsus wrote this letter from Corinth, although information appended to this work in many early manuscripts ( e. g., Codices Alexandrinus, Mosquensis, and Angelicus ) state that Paul wrote it in Athens after Timothy had returned from Macedonia with news of the state of the church in Thessalonica (; ).

Most scholars believe that the community at Qumran that allegedly produced the Dead Sea Scrolls was an offshoot of the Essenes ; however, this theory has been disputed by some, for example, by Norman Golb:

Most physicists today believe that quantum mechanics is correct, and that the EPR paradox is a " paradox " only because classical intuitions do not correspond to physical reality.

Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, ' Ganda ', is derived from the Celtic word ' ganda ' which means confluence.

Most of the European rulers did not believe Henry would survive long, and were thus willing to shelter claimants against him.