Why are they called protestants?

Answer 1

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).

Answer 2

They were called protestants because the major religion was Puritans who were very discriminatory against other religions. They hated Protestants the most and mot of the reformers were Protestants.

Answer 3

They protested about errors in the Roman Catholic Church. The word comes from the letter of protestation from Lutheran princes in 1529 against an edict condemning the teachings of Martin Luther as heretical

Answer 4

Protestants were Christians who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation, from about the sixteenth century CE. It is commonly believed the name, 'Protestant', means they were protesting at some corrupt Catholic practices, but it appears that the origin of the name is that they protested at the Catholic Church's treatment of Martin Luther.

Answer 5

Protestants Protested against what they saw as the absurdities of the Roman Church despite fear of persecution hence the name Protestant.

Answer 6

Members of any of the Western Christian that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church. They got the name from a Latin word.

Answer 7

Because they protested against the Emperor's decision of 1529 to reverse his decision made three years earlier, to grant liberty of religion to Lutherans.