The priest now was to come out of the chancel into the east end of the nave for prayers and readings at the beginning of the service, and the people were to go into the chancel during the Communion.

Brown, a member of the United Presbyterian Church of America, is the author of An American Dilogue, a collection of essays on contemporary Protestant-Catholic debate.

Timeless hymns vs. contemporary chants Klaus Krämer / db 03/28/2016 March 28, 2016. These days, German church congregations have a wide-ranging choice between timeless classic hymns and ...

Protestant churches are often more austere than their Catholic counterparts. (Getty Images: DEA/S. Vannini)Unlike Catholics, who adorned their churches with stained glass windows, saintly statues ...

The way in which society embraced Protestant doctrine suggests that there was a majority who thought the Church was ripe for change.