protestants which were led by Martin Luther
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Catholic AnswerPeople who were Catholic and protested the Church are called heretics, and there have been quite a lot of them in the last two millennium. The Catholic Church is nearly two thousand years old, there have been untold heresies which were religious movement against the Church in that time. A short list of the "Great Heresies":The Circumcisers (1st century)
Gnosticism (1st and 2nd centuries)
Montanism (late 2nd century)
Savellianism (early 3rd century)
Arianism (4th century)
Pelagianism (5th century)
Semi-Pelagianism (5th century)
Nestorianism (5th century)
Monophysitism (5th century)
Iconoclasm (7th and 8th centuries)
Catharism (11th century)
Protestantism (16th century)
Jansenism (17th century)
Protesetants
Protestant's.
Martin Luther was the one who protested against the catholic church (pope) for selling indulgences.
Because they protested gainst te Catholic Churches Teachings and Practices. His teachings formed the basis of the Lutheran Church.
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Protesetants
Protestant's.
Martin Luther was the one who protested against the catholic church (pope) for selling indulgences.
Because they protested gainst te Catholic Churches Teachings and Practices. His teachings formed the basis of the Lutheran Church.
Because they protested against the Catholic church.
Martin Luther
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He is a protestant because he protested the belief of the Catholic church about indulgences.
It depends which era you are speaking of. I think you're probably talking about Martin Luther, who disagreed with the teachings of the Roman Catholic church, and whose followers were the Protestants - they protested against the teachings, practices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church.
Martin Luther, a German monk, protested abuses by the Catholic Church by posting his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517. This event is often considered the catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.
It is true that reformers found many faults with the practices of the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther