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To: P-Marlowe
Actually the word protestants is a lie..
Most.... NoN RCC and EO's are protesting nothing..
92 posted on 05/10/2007 9:30:37 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe; Dr. Eckleburg
Actually the word protestants is a lie.. Most.... NoN RCC and EO's are protesting nothing..

"Protest" (in the classical sense) means "to promise or affirm with earnest solemnity." The "protest" of the protestants was a positive affirmation and not a negative reaction.

Protestants were those who solemnly affirmed the five solas of the Reformation.

96 posted on 05/10/2007 10:30:36 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: hosepipe

the protestants in germany came up with the term to apply to themselves btw.


101 posted on 05/11/2007 2:31:14 AM PDT by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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