so I looked up the merriam-webster def of protestant:
* Main Entry: 1prot·es·tant
* Pronunciation: \ˈprä-təs-tənt, 2 is also prə-ˈtes-\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Middle French, from Latin protestant-, protestans, present participle of protestari
* Date: 1539
1 capitalized a : any of a group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the Diet of Spires in 1529 intended to suppress the Lutheran movement b : a member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth; broadly : a Christian not of a Catholic or Eastern church
See I agree with that narrow definition (which nobody thinks of anymore). I would like to be more catholic and orthodox (little "c," little "o").
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