Where and when did the word "Protestant" existed??

[JOhnPreparer]

I'm curious on how we are started to be called protestant and why we are called like that??? Anyone can give me a brief idea on it???

 

[ZooMom]

The word came about as a result of the Reformation. The Reformers were 'protesting' the practices of the Church. Hence, Protestants is what they became.

 

[niwde]

maybe thats the most suitable awnser
no other names,reformist sounds quite violent

 

[GreenEyedLady]

I concider myself a christian, a follower of Christ.
Protestant is a label that the RCC coined because the people be against the RC teachings. Truley we do not really concider ourselves protestants....I think that biblants or scripturalists would be a better label!
Just a label,
GEL

 

[MissytheButterfly]

Protestant orgin..where it came from:


In the time of Martin Luther, a minority of German princes banded together after the Diet that was held at Speyer and proclaimed their own unity and separation from the Roman Communion. The called themselves--and this was the first time the word was used--"Protestants". These men of course supported Luther.

So Martin Luther didn't make up the whole Protestant idea..but he gets credit for it from many.


reference: The Religious World:Communities of Faith (Richard C.Bush, general editor)

 

[LouisBooth]

Yup, that is why most now refer to themselves as the reformed postion.

 

[JOhnPreparer]

So, It is the Catholics who called those who protest against them, Protestant, Am I right???

TQ for the info....

 

[Wolseley]

So, It is the Catholics who called those who protest against them, Protestant, Am I right???

No. The non-Catholics called themselves by this term.

The Diet of Speyer was called by the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, on February 21, 1529, and ran for several months. The purpose of the Diet was to sort out the rights of Catholics and non-Catholics within the various provinces of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Diet was dominated by Catholic nobility, and the conclusion they reached was that:

A) Catholicism had to be tolerated in provinces with a Lutheran majority;

B) Lutheranism, however, did not have to be tolerated in provinces with a Catholic majority; and

C) Anabaptists and Zwinglians were not to be tolerated anywhere.

This conclusion resulted in a large number of the non-Catholic delegates signing a document which disagreed with the decision, and was entitled "A Protest", sometimes also called "The Protest of Speyer". The delegates who signed this document began to be called "protesters", a term which quickly evolved into "protestants", and just as quickly began to be applied to any non-Catholic Christian. The non-Catholics liked the title, and seeing it as a badge of pride, took it as their own. Thus, "Protestants" with a capital P, was applied to any non-Catholic or non-Orthodox Christian.

 

[MissytheButterfly]

Originally posted by JOhnPreparer
So, It is the Catholics who called those who protest against them, Protestant, Am I right???

TQ for the info....

John, did you not read my above post ? This is one Catholics cannot be blamed for.

Missy

 

[GreenEyedLady]

OOOOPS...i always thoughts thats why the RCC called anyone that was not RC...
DAH!
GEL

 

[MissytheButterfly]

LOL GEL, it's a common mistake. Several people put that lie on Catholics, though Catholics like many others use that word to describe those that broke away or protested the Roman Communion. The German princes in the time of Martin Luther called themselves Protestants before any other group started calling them that, they basically named themselves. Martin Luther also gets blamed for this word, though he didn't start the use of it.

Common mistakes..but that's why it's good to know and read up on history!

God bless you GEL,
Missy

 

[JOhnPreparer]

Ok... ic, so it is the princes of German who started this Protestant word... ok ok... Get the message!

TQ, Wolseley for correcting my thinking

 

[MissytheButterfly]

You mean Missy..LOL!

Your welcome.

 

[JOhnPreparer]

TQ missy