What's a Protestant?

Question

No offence, I just want to know what a Protestant would think about the world and life. The man whom I cant forget is a Protestant. I am looking forward to be closer to the world he is enjoying in. My English is not good enough to read any long or complex story, some simplifications would be very fine. Thank you all.

Answer 1

Shirley,
I am a Protestant. And that is a person that denies the authority of Rome as being the key source of worship and observance to God. The Vatican has no jurisdiction over the rights and acts of faith, while still being Christian. We also tend to deny the Roman Catholic Church (The RCC), as having the correct form of ritual; the relationship of Believers and Mary, the using of Rosarys in prayer, the prayer to the saints, transubstantiation in Communion, the giving of indulgences to the church, the way salvation is obtained through the church, the way to become a saint, the Doctrine of Purgatory, the Doctrine of the Sacred Heart, and other forms of observance are typically viewed as errant to the Protestant.

The Protestant has the tendancy to adhere closely to the Bible as being the authoritative scripture, as opposed to the Councils that put upon it's parishoners various forms of traditions that are not Biblically supportive to scripture.

A Protestant tends to believe that man has direct access to God through the kinsman redeemer, Jesus Christ. The RCC believes that God reacts to intercessory prayer by Mary, the one who bore Jesus the man, and the saints, who are supposed to respond by 'putting a good word in' to a rather busy God.

Answer 2

A Protestant is a member of any one of the thousands of conflicting manmade churches that have been generated over the past few hundred years under the tradition founded by Martin Luther in direct violation of the stated will of Almighty God, that all Christians were to be ONE, even as Jesus and His heavenly Father are ONE. Of course Father Luther didn't initially realize what widespread chaos his false doctrines of sola scriptura and sola fide would generate, and he was aghast at the time of his death, to see that his little band of "true Christians" had already disintegrated into more than a dozen denominational factions, disagreeing with one another over many points of scriptural interpretation and doctrinal belief. This predictable process has continued to the present day, with more than 20,000 different Protestant denominations and independent churches now existing. Members of any such Church are called "Protestants" even though the beliefs of some of them have drifted so far from the truth that they have little in common with other Protestant churches, let alone with the original Christian Church they rejected, the Church founded by Jesus Christ for all mankind, the Church described in the Holy Bible as "the pillar and foundation of truth".

Answer 3

Today, it means any branch of Christianity that is not Catholic or Orthodox Christian.
Protestant comes from the word "Protest". Martin Luther was a Catholic Priest who had been struck by the passage in the Bible that said "The just shall live by faith". This was in conflict with the doctrine of works and the practice of selling indulgences, by which the church would "sell" forgiveness of sin, or less time in "Purgatory".
So, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, a proposal to debate the doctrine of indulgences, called the "95 Theses".
Luther sent the 95 Theses to Albert, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg.

Answer 4

If you want a long complex story, read up on Martin Luther.

In the 1500's, the Catholic church was the major Christian religion, but Martin Luther gathered a following of people together who "protested" the catholic church, and thus they became known as protestants.

Answer 5

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 initiated by Martin Luther's 95 Theses during the sixteenth century.

Protestantism is currently the dominant religion of many first-world countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Protestantism in particular, evangelicalism is also currently the fastest growing branch of Christianity today, with significant growth in countries such as China (Christian News Service), India and many nations in Europe as well as Africa.

Answer 6

Is there nobody who is going to stand up for the Catholic Church here? The Catholic Church was the only Christian Church before these other denominations started. For 1,200 years the Lord saw that it was fine and then people decided they did not want an authority figure over them so they started breaking away so now instead of one Pope they have made a gazillion of them in their own little Church. They all of a sudden have decided they know better than Jesus who said to Peter the first Pope "Thou art Peter (Rock) and upon this Rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail over her". Do you believe Jesus or a priest (Martin Luther) who never believed the doctrine to start with ? And why is it that they hate priests now but, it was a priest that led them astray then? It says in Scripture that the fact that they left us is proof that they weren't with us to start with. The Church is Holy do not believe these people. The Church is Holy because Jesus makes her so she is the Bride of Christ and the two shall become one flesh.

Answer 7

Back in the 1500's the Catholic church was corrupt and a guy named Martin Luther didn't like the way they were doing things so he protested against the Catholic church and formed his own church, the Lutheran Church, which is a Protestant religion because it was formed out of protest against a mainstream religion that was focusing on the wrong thing

Answer 8

A protestant believes in Jesus just as the Catholic church does. Martin Luther protested the Catholic beliefs, and so everyone who believes in Jesus but did not subscribe to the Catholic beliefs, was called a "Protestant".

(Jews don't believe in Jesus as a supreme being, and so don't count.)

Sorry if I offended anyone, but I was trying to be simple so she could understand.

Answer 9

We, Protestants, believe that the Bible is the written Word of God.
We believe that God is love and that He sent His Son to be born as a human being on Earth to preach the good news that God loves us.
No one can see God, for He is a Spirit, and Jesus came so that we could "see" God.
Jesus died in a cross, shed His blood to save human race from eternal death and to give us eternal life.
God resurrected Him on the 3d. day and Jesus is alive.
We, protestants, accept this sacrifice of Jesus, receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and become not only creatures of God, but His sons.
We consider Jesus Christ as our Lord and we follow His commandments: "Love God above everything and love your neighbor as yourself."
Our mission: to preach this gospel to the WORLD and to love God and our fellow men.
Our LIFE is marvelous after we accept Jesus as our Savior.
Get very, very close to the world your unforgettable man is enjoying and enjoy it too. You will see! It is wonderful.
God bless you!

Answer 10

It started with one catholic priest; Martin Luther, that after he read and studied the Bible, he realized what a deceitful doctrine it was, he was excommunicated and almost killed. We protest the Catholic doctrine and rituals. There is a movie about Martin Luther, check it out.