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.
Catholics live all over Ireland, as do Protestants. Northern Ireland is known for having a greater number of Protestants than other parts of Ireland, but there are lots of Catholics there too and lots of Protestants in other parts of Ireland.
protestants want church services to be in english, whearas catholics want it in latin. also, catholics had too much bling for protestants, they want it to be humble and help the poor
Glasgow Celtic is traditionally followed by Catholics, but it does have some Protestant fans too.
There are approximately 738,033 Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland. This is about 40.8 percent of the population. There are about 752,555 Protestants. They make up about 41.6 percent of the population.
Charles I of England definitely supported the established Church (the protestant Church of England) but because his wife was a Catholic, the nobility felt that he was too lenient towards the Catholics.
As well as Mary Tudor burning protestants she also burnt Catholics that were against this. People thought this was too far... Hope I helped! :D
There have been many cases of two (or more) populations that were deeply divided. Blacks and whites in the U.S., blacks and whites in South Africa, Catholics and Protestants in Great Britain, Catholics and Protestants in many other parts of the world. Christians and Muslims have been deeply divided in many places too, as well as many other religions that have been divided among themselves.
This question is too general. Please add which Protestants, where and on what occasion.
Martin Luther formed the Lutheran church and Lutheran believers are called protestants most people living in US are protestants (protestants are a type of christians too) (it have nothing to do with Martin Luther King Jr.)
It seems that you protest too strongly.
The Protestant Reformation set Catholics and Protestants against each other throughout the empire. It also made one religion the required belief system for a multi-country empire, which caused conflict since Protestantism disagreed with many other belief systems across Great Britain.
I believe it was the Puritans. i'm with connections academy too... we have the same question .