Let's see...If someone is not a Catholic or an Orthodox yet claims to be a Christian...Yes, I use the term Protestant to identify non-Catholic and non-Orthodox Christians. (LDS and JW are not to my knowledge, Christians )
To what 'situation' do you refer ?
The disunity of agreement regarding what is and is not central to the faith.
And you construe that this is the definition of a Protestant ?
Let's see...If someone is not a Catholic or an Orthodox yet claims to be a Christian...Yes, I use the term Protestant to identify non-Catholic and non-Orthodox Christians. (LDS and JW are not to my knowledge, Christians )
There are a number of persons who claim Christianity who, yet, reject the labels Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant.
True Protestants (by self-definition) confess to a core set of essential beliefs (at the very least ... those outlined in the Apostles'/Nicene creeds).
In truth, such defines us as surely as Catholics are defined by their allegiance to the Pope.
We just tend to be more inclusive (we use the scriptures as our basis for christian inclusivity).
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS, Mormons) are Christians.