Protestant

Contrary to popular belief, the term does not refer to protest against the Roman Catholic Churcha term translated from the Greek word “Ecclesia” which means an assembly called together and is sometime translated as a congregation. A church is... more. The term original refers to a formal protest lodged by Lutheran princes against an unfavorable decision made by the imperial Diet of SpeyerThe Diet was the deliberative body of the Holy Roman Empire. It was not strictly a legislative body, and more resembled a form of Medieval Great Counc... more in A.D. 1529, and later was applied to the Lutheran, Reformed and Anabaptist religions who broke from the Roman Catholic Churcha term translated from the Greek word “Ecclesia” which means an assembly called together and is sometime translated as a congregation. A church is... more.