The word Protestant originated at the 1529 Diet of Speyer, when the Lutheran Princes issued a "PROTESTATIO" i.e. a 'declaration' of their principles. They became the people of the declaration.
The word Protestant has had a number of interpretations over time, as the reformation itself evolved.
For instance some now would not class Luther as Protestant because he never denied the mass.
Esssentially the RC Church preaches that salvation is only for those who adhere totally to their teachings and doctrines, they interpret the Bible and RC's have to accept their word.
The Protestant Reformation taught that everybody has the right to read and interpret the Bible for themselves. When people began to study Scripture they saw that doctrines such as The Papacy, The Sacerdotal Priesthood, Transubstantiation, The Mass, The Immaculate Conception, Indulgences, Confessions, Holy Water, Rosary Beads, etc., etc., were all totally irrelevant to the simple Scriptural principle of Justification by Faith.
The word Protestant has had a number of interpretations over time, as the reformation itself evolved.
For instance some now would not class Luther as Protestant because he never denied the mass.
Esssentially the RC Church preaches that salvation is only for those who adhere totally to their teachings and doctrines, they interpret the Bible and RC's have to accept their word.
The Protestant Reformation taught that everybody has the right to read and interpret the Bible for themselves. When people began to study Scripture they saw that doctrines such as The Papacy, The Sacerdotal Priesthood, Transubstantiation, The Mass, The Immaculate Conception, Indulgences, Confessions, Holy Water, Rosary Beads, etc., etc., were all totally irrelevant to the simple Scriptural principle of Justification by Faith.
by soundprod June 16, 2016
Get the protestantmug. by Wizodin September 27, 2020
Get the drunk protestmug. When a Protestant invites their friends to dinner and asks the waitress for separate bills, as opposed to a Catholic Dinner where the host pays for each of their guests as a gesture of goodwill.
My Lutheran neighbor invited me to a Protestant Dinner and I had to pay for my own meal despite being his guest.
by CatholicCrusader August 3, 2025
Get the Protestant Dinnermug. An Evangelical Protestant, who is similar to a hippy or millennial, will find a problem like toxic soil and lay in it and work at McDonald's until the problem gets solved. A person who has a passive way of arguing everything except the problem.
Evangelical Protestant is the religion responsible for cleaning capital lake Olympia, was of 120 year old brewery yeast.
by bushlight December 27, 2018
Get the Evangelical Protestantmug. The Protester Class is a class of people above the middle class but below the upper class. While most middle and lower class people need to hold down a steady job to pay their bills, the Protester Class doesn't have that burden and are therefore free to spend their days protesting and evenings rioting and/or looting. Though being an elite class of people, the Protester Class is much more diverse than other top classes. It is not uncommon to observe rich college students "protesting" arm in arm with hardened felons and psychopathic anarchists.
Ronnie: "Hey Kent, after today's protest you wanna go break into Nike and steal some Jordans, then go and burn down that restaurant your moms works at?"
Kent: "Man I wish.. I gotta be at work tomorrow morning, though."
Ronnie: "Work? Didn't anyone tell you that "Uncle George" is taking care of us? I haven't had to work in months. Welcome to the Protester Class, my friend."
Kent: "Man I wish.. I gotta be at work tomorrow morning, though."
Ronnie: "Work? Didn't anyone tell you that "Uncle George" is taking care of us? I haven't had to work in months. Welcome to the Protester Class, my friend."
by Powr Botm 217 September 13, 2020
Get the Protester Classmug. by Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude November 24, 2022
Get the protestant mathematicsmug. When a Protestant tries to explain Catholic or Orthodox teaching and completely fails by spewing misinformation or twisting what they actually believe.
by cathchild June 18, 2022
Get the Protestant-splainingmug.