what is a protestant?

Answer 1

A christian following what the original form of Christianity was and not the polluted version the Roman Catholic church invented to make money off of.

http://planttel.net/~meharris1/mikescorner.html

Answer 2

A Protestant is a Christian whose religion is a form or spin off of what Martin Luther started (inadvertantly) when he nailed his protest on the door.

Generally speaking there are three groups of Christians: Catholics, Protestants, and Other. Catholics are Catholics and that's it. Protestants are most (but not all) of the rest of the Christians. Remember all Protestants are Christians, but not all Christians are Protestants. The Other Christians catagory include those who believe in Christ but do not consider themselves to be a part of any religion, Mormons, and possibly other Christian religions.

Answer 3

Protestantism is one of three main groups currently within Christianity. The term "Protestant" represents a diverse range of perspectives, denominations, individuals, and related organizations. While no particular belief or practice can be said to define this branch of Christianity (indeed, its most commonly given definition is merely "any Christian denomination which is not Roman Catholic or Orthodox Christian"), those denominations considered to be well within the realm of Protestantism all have firm roots in the Protestant Reformation in Europe during the sixteenth century.

Answer 4

A Christian who does not follow the Pope (those are Catholics) but subscribes to the teachings of Christ (obviously). Another difference is that Protestants do not tend to worship Mary - in the way that Catholics do. They do not, as a consequence include the Alma Mater as part of their services - which are otherwise similar to those given in the Catholic Church. It is helpful to realise that Protestants "broke away" from Rome but retained the same belief in the divinity of Christ

Answer 5

A Christian who believes in the trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That prays and confesses sins directly to Jesus without a middleman. That does not pray to Mary, or any saint, worship any idol, or believe that good works will get a person to heaven.
Only the grace of God will save us. Typical Protestant services consist of praise and worship, not rituals, and each Sunday service varies from week to week. Grace and Peace.

Answer 6

I think it's people who protested against the Roman Catholic Church , to become protestants.

Answer 7

A non Roman Catholic - It was a name given to the protesters of the Pope's power

Answer 8

A person belonging to any of the Non-Catholic, Non-Orthodox sects (Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Church of God, Church of Christ etc..) of Christianity that all stem from the Protestant reformation started by Martin Luther, who was a lunatic.

"Men have broad and large chests, and small narrow hips, and more understanding than women, who have but small and narrow breasts, and broad hips, to the end they should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children." [Martin Luther, Table Talk].

"Reason is the Devil's greatest whore; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious whore; she is a prostitute, the Devil's appointed whore; whore eaten by scab and leprosy who ought to be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom ... Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and she ought to be drowned in baptism... She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished to the filthiest place in the house, to the closets." [Martin Luther, Erlangen Edition v. 16, pp. 142-148].

"Even though they grow weary and wear themselves out with child- bearing, it does not matter; let them go on bearing children till they die, that is what they are there for." [Martin Luther, Works 20.84].

"Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools..." [Martin Luther,"On the Jews and Their Lies",1543].

"Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?" [Martin Luther,"On the Jews and Their Lies",1543].

...there is tons more..do some research..this is the kind of lunacy you get from taking the Bible seriously.

http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/luther.htm

Answer 9

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Answer 10

well it all comes from King Henry VIII's time when he was busy marrying, beheading and divorcing wives by the bucketload. this was way before the cuban missile crisis. he needed the permission of the pope in rome to behead his first wife, anne of green gables, which was not forthcoming so, being a monarch, he decided by way of protest, to form a new religion called Protestant. the rest as they say is history...