[spunkets]

"When you said “implies” you admitted you had to apply interpretation. It was not explicitly stated, you took it as implied."

Ridiculous! It's plain English and no interpretation is warranted whatsoever. Protestant in plain means protestant, not protestant plus other things not protestant.

[Petronski]

“Protestant” quite obviously does not mean “only protestant.”

You said it yourself when you called it “implied,” as opposed to “expressed.”