The empirical evidence indicates that the differences between Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Catholicism can best be conveyed through their religious principles of clerical celibacy, the sacraments, and the use of the bible. Although Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Catholicism appear to have vast differences, they in fact had and have many important similarities such as paths to salvation and the role of women and clerical women. Calvinism and Lutheranism share many of the same religious principles mainly because they are both sections of Protestantism. The religious principles of Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Catholicism are fascinating, and there is no better way to highlight them, than to compare and contrast those religious principles.

The religious idea of clerical celibacy was a highly disputed topic in then 14th and 15th century, and it is what makes these three religious very different. Because Calvinism and Lutheranism are so similar they have the same religious principle...