[Heart-Rest]

"Methodists weren't one of the protesting groups....ever. Didn't arise because of it, didn't continue because of it."

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Are you a member of the United Methodist Church?    They (the UMC) call themselves Protestants -- see the following links for proof of that:

• The "Foundry United Methodist Church" in Washington, D.C. has the following on their web site: "The Methodist branch of Protestantism traces its roots back..."

• The main "United Methodist Church" web site explains how they were formed from earlier groups having "Theological traditions steeped in the Protestant Reformation..."

• "The 15 Largest Protestant Denominations in the United States" lists the "United Methodist Church" as #2 on their list - (Source "The Christian Post")

[xzins]

“Methodists” and the use of the “Protestant” word.

You are simply acknowledging the morphing of the word ‘protestant’ to cover all non-Catholic denominations.

That is in error.

Methodists are not one of the protesting groups that brought about the Reformation. In fact, they didn’t exist for 200 years after that in any form whatsoever.

As I’ve already stated, they exist mostly because of protest directed and King George by the American colonies. I guess we could add that Wesley’s little charismatic-type movement within Anglicanism in 1700’s England was also a protest against the deadness of that particular church.