Are you Orthodox or Catholic?
If you are Catholic, you can not make definitions by your own admission.
That 16th century statement is false.
Protestantism started about 1,000 years ago when the Orthodox decided to follow Scripture and not acquiesce to Catholicism and their "created" popeatry.
They refused to kowtow to the Catholic's pope and so Catholicism PROTESTED against their decision and so Catholics are the FIRST Protestants.
Then a few hundred years later a Catholic started a movement to move closer to Christianity, Holy Scripture and Jesus and thus was started what today is called Protestantism.
And eventually Catholicism accepted the Orthodox as part of their popedom, and now call them Catholics.
It was a financial decision on the part of the Catholic mucky mucks.
“Are you Orthodox or Catholic?”
You don’t know?
“If you are Catholic, you can not make definitions by your own admission.”
Are you confusing what I said about the pope with some idea of your own?
“That 16th century statement is false.”
The origins of Protestantism? Nope. It’s true.
“Protestantism started about 1,000 years ago when the Orthodox decided to follow Scripture and not acquiesce to Catholicism and their “created” popeatry.”
No. Not even the Orthodox believe that as you’ve posted it, and there is no such word as “popeatry”. Government schools really do fail in their supposed mission to teach don’t they?
“And eventually Catholicism accepted the Orthodox as part of their popedom, and now call them Catholics.”
No.
“It was a financial decision on the part of the Catholic mucky mucks.”
Nope. No such decision ever even happened.