Compare Lutheranism and Calvinism (General, Differences)

Lutheranism and Calvinism:

1) The sacraments are abolished (only baptism and communion are recognized);

2) Return to the origins of Christianity and rejection of what is not needed for the church;

3) Holy books: Lutherans have the Bible and the Book of Concord; Calvinists have only the Bible;

4) Priests are just a profession;

5) Monasticism was abolished among the Calvinists, among the Lutherans it existed only at the beginning;

6) Salvation – among Lutherans it was possible only through faith, Calvinists believed that the fate of a person was predetermined even before birth.