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Martin Luther's declaration of dissent from the Diet of Spires - which confirmed the decision of the Diet of Worms - which condemned the Reformation movement which Luther started... that declaration was called in Latin a protestatio.

From that comes the word Protestant.

The word has roots in two Latin words -

* pro meaning forth, publicly * testari meaning assert (and related to testament and testimony)

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