Seattle Catholic church members outraged to learn of violations by longtime priest

My Northwest.com ^ | Josh Kerns | May 6, 2014

[Elsie]

From Protestants.

Oh yeah!

Them folks who FORCED the great church of Rome to produce the COUNTER Reformation.

[Arthur McGowan]

What’s your point?

[Arthur McGowan]

Are you saying that the word “Protestant” is an offensive term invented by Catholics?

AFAIK, the word “Protestant” was invented by Protestants.

[Elsie]

AFAIK, the word “Protestant” was invented by Protestants.

You may be right; as I have no idea where it actually came from. Sounds right; as Luther was 'protest'ing the excesses of the Church at the time.

[Arthur McGowan]

IIRC, the actual term came from a post-Luther controversy, and wasn’t originally applied as broadly as it is today. I.e., it was just one group of Protestants who actually called themselves “Protestant.”

[Arthur McGowan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant

[Elsie]

Thanks!

[Elsie]

I see where THIS number is bandied about:

There are over 33,000 Protestant denominations, and not every one fits neatly into these categories. Encompassing more than 800 million members, or 37% of world's Christians, Protestantism is present on all populated continents.^[2]

But clicking on the link did NOT show any data that would validate it.