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What would a person who protested against the Catholic Church be called?
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Roman Catholic AnswerMost of the people who protested against the Church in the sixteenth century were heretics and apostates. Today they are, more politically correct, known as "protestant reformers" by those who followed them.Wiki User
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Why were Protestants called protestants?
Because they protested against the Catholic church.
Why are Protestants called Protestants and if Catholics Protest can they be Protestants too?
Protestants are called protestants because they PROTESTED against the catholic church because Henry viii was catholic but he wanted a divorce but the catholics would not let him, so he started his own church( church of England) and they were called the protestants, also you can not be protestant and catholic.
What were the reformed churches that rejected the Church of Rome called?
They were known as protestants as they protested against the Church.
What Christian denomination came first?
The Roman catholics, then people protested against it, who were called the protestants or the lutherans, this was called the refoemation and was lead by Martin Luther in the 16th century
Why are we called protestants?
Protestant is a general term given to people of Christian faith that rebelled against and eventually broke away form the Roman Catholic church because they saw it as corrupt and self serving - in essence they protested!
What was the protest against the Catholic Church in 1517 called?
The Protestant Revolt
What were the people called who protested the old church?
Protestants
How did Martin Luther publicly show his disagreement?
Martin Luther King vehemently protested and formed a new branch of the Christian religion called Protestantism. He publicly denounced the Church (which became the Roman Catholic Church) by nailing his 'theses' - a list of complaints against the Church, especially with regard to corruption within the church, to the church door at Wittenberg, Germany.
Why was the followers of Martin Luther called Protestants?
Because they protested gainst te Catholic Churches Teachings and Practices. His teachings formed the basis of the Lutheran Church.
Who protested the selling of forgiveness of sins and was later convicted of heresy?
This isn't actually in the Old Testament. The person who did this was Martin Luther, well into the middle ages. The catholic church would sell what they called 'indulgences' (I'm pretty sure they had a different name) for a small tithing and the father of the church would grant forgiveness; and the catholic church exploded with wealth. Martin Luther protested this, and other things he deemed corrupt about the catholic church (such as the need to confess sins before a preacher). He posted a list of various protests against the Church, and the Holy Roman Empire in what he called his 'Ninety-five Theses' on the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, but it may have been a different church in Hamburg. This sparked the Protestant reformation and the Lutheran practice. He was excommunicated by the Pope and declared an Outlaw by the Emperor of Rome.
What were people rebelling against Catholic Church during Reformation called?
Catholics called them heretics, they called themselves protestants.
Why are they called protestants?
Because the Protestants were "protesting" the practices of the Roman Catholic Church in the beginning. Reformation and protestation are not the same thing. Reformation seeks to change the institution in some manner. Martin Luther was both a protestant and a reformist. Protestation calls out the wrongful practices of the dominant religious hierarchy. There is also argument that says "protestantism" are those who openly profess their faith when it could get them in trouble with local powers (be they state or the installed religion).
