[OLD REGGIE]

Protest-ant: one who protests the Catholic Church's authority.

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For your consideration:

Protestant. The term originally referred to a group of German princes and cities that presented a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict intended to suppress the Lutheran movement in 1529.

In a sense, they were "protesting", but the Latin roots of the word (pro-testare) show that they were "testifying for" or bearing witness to what they regarded as New Testament Christianity.

The term now describes the members and adherents of Christian Churches deriving from the Reformation, who believe in justification by faith, the priesthood of all believers, and the sole authority of the Bible.

The Reformation came about because these beliefs, which we take as standard, were not believed by the Church then.

Pro-testare - "Testifying for". Not a negative, but a very positive principle.

[SoothingDave]

Pro-testare - "Testifying for". Not a negative, but a very positive principle.

Interesting. When I go to dictionary.com it doesn't break the word down any further than the Latin, which it say means "to protest."

SD