Protestantism in Portugal

However, when the British began settling in Portugal in the 19th century they brought Protestant Christian denominations with them.

The establishment of a constitutional monarchy in 1834 granted limited religious toleration to, and consequently led to the opening of an Anglican chapel in Lisbon.

Congregations were created from Catholic priests and laypeople who refused to accept the dogmas of the infallibility and universal ordinary jurisdiction of the Pope, as defined by the First Vatican Council in 1870.

The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church was formed as a result in 1880, however laws still restricted the activities of non-Catholics.

[1][2] The denomination accepts the five points of Calvinism, the Westminster Confession of Faith and its shorter and larger catechisms.