>>15291Protestantism is incompatible with Catholicism, as Protestants believe in right of conscience to discern God's will, whereas Catholics believe in the authority of the Pope to discern God's will. Interestingly, however, in fundamentalism, a literal interpretation of scripture, which became popular in the early 1900s, somewhat restored belief in an external authority in Protestantism, with a literal interpretation of scripture replacing the role of the Pope when deciding matters in question....