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To: ZULU

Sorry, but I just have to ask - what exactly is a “Christian Protestant?”

The term “Protestant” means one who “protests” ... So then, you are protesting Christianity?!


87 posted on 12/11/2015 9:05:19 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: WTFOVR; ZULU

“Protestant” was actually a term hung on the German evangelicals who were trying to preserve religious liberty in their cities. When an underling of the Holy Roman Empire reneged on a promise to stop persecuting the evangelicals, they protested. Their enemies started calling them the “Protestants,” and the name stuck. Now you know ... the rest of the story. :)

Peace,

SR


117 posted on 12/11/2015 9:26:38 PM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: WTFOVR

O.k. Protestant. Happy? Sheesh!


223 posted on 12/12/2015 7:43:43 PM PST by ZULU (Mt. McKinley is the tallest mountain in N. America. Denali is Aleut for "scam artist.")
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