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Because the Protestants were "protesting" the practices of the Roman Catholic Church in the beginning. Reformation and protestation are not the same thing. Reformation seeks to change the institution in some manner. Martin Luther was both a protestant and a reformist. Protestation calls out the wrongful practices of the dominant religious hierarchy. There is also argument that says "Protestantism" are those who openly profess their faith when it could get them in trouble with local powers (be they state or the installed religion).
They were called protestants because the major religion was Puritans who were very discriminatory against other religions. They hated Protestants the most and mot of the reformers were Protestants.
They protested about errors in the Roman Catholic Church. The word comes from the letter of protestation from Lutheran princes in 1529 against an edict condemning the teachings of Martin Luther as heretical
Protestants were Christians who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation, from about the sixteenth century CE. It is commonly believed the name, 'Protestant', means they were protesting at some corrupt Catholic practices, but it appears that the origin of the name is that they protested at the Catholic Church's treatment of Martin Luther.
Protestants Protested against what they saw as the absurdities of the Roman Church despite fear of persecution hence the name Protestant.
Members of any of the Western Christian that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church. They got the name from a Latin word.
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Why are Protestants called Protestants and if Catholics Protest can they be Protestants too?
Protestants are called protestants because they PROTESTED against the catholic church because Henry viii was catholic but he wanted a divorce but the catholics would not let him, so he started his own church( church of England) and they were called the protestants, also you can not be protestant and catholic.
Why were Protestants called protestants?
Because they protested against the Catholic church.
What were the French calvinists called?
they were known by the names "huguenots" or "protestants"
What were the Calvinists called?
The French Protestants were called the "Huguenots"
What is a nickname for protestants?
They are called 'Prods'
Why are Irish protestants called orange and the catholics green?
I do not think catholics are called green. The orangemen are mostly protestants and they get their name from William of orange
What were the French protestants known as?
The French Protestants were called the Huguenots.
What is the place of worship of the protestants called?
a temple
What were England's strict Protestants called?
doritoes
What were the french known as?
The French Protestants were called the Huguenots.
What was it called when the Catholic Church killed Protestants?
The Inquisition
What were the people called who protested the old church?
Protestants
