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Originally Posted by jollyhumper
(protestant here (if that's how that Luther-thing is written in English))
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Yeah Lutherans would be protestants. However, not all protestants are Lutherans. Protestant is "Anyone who believes in the Christian God as laid out in the Bible, except Roman Catholics". The word was coined when the first "non-Roman Catholic but Christian" religion started. It's base is protest-ant, someone who protests (about the way the Catholic church runs religion).
BTW, I think it is high time this thread had one of these:
