Who were the people that protested some of the practices of the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer 1

First of all, it's just the Catholic Church, not the Roman Catholic Church. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church.

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Secondly, the Catholic Church has been around since Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, established it 2,000 years ago. In that time, there have been uncounted people who have protested the Church for all kinds of things. For instance, here is a short list of the "great heresies" in the past 20 centuries:

The Circumcisers (1st Century)

Gnosticism (1st and 2nd Centuries)

Montanism (Late 2nd Century)

Sabellianism (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)

Answer 2

One who did, and is rather famous was Martin Luther who started out by protesting abuses by a monk called Tetzel who was selling indulgences in Germany at the time. This was an abuse which was corrected by Rome.

Answer 3

Martin Luther is the person who led the protest against the Roman Catholic Church that resulted in the formation of the Protestant group.

Catholic AnswerFirst off, it's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.

Secondly, there have been innumerable people who have protested against the Catholic Church in the past two thousand years. During the protestant revolt, Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and Henry VIII all protested as they started their own churches, but there were innumerable heretics before them, to get a reasonable answer, you will have to narrow your question down to a time period and a country.

Answer 4

The Lutheran church of Luther and Calvinism church of John Calvin, but the time goes on, they are plenty roots of protest against the Catholics.

Answer 5

Depending on time period/context, the answer could be Lutherans (followers of Martin Luther), Protestants (who originated in in England)

Answer 6

The protestants

Answer 7

Jon Huss/ John Huss , Martin Luther