From:	Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject:	[OT] Re: Church in SR
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:23:01 -0400

> > This isn't in response to anyone in particular, but I'm
> bothered by the use
> > of the word Protestant in this thread. As several people have
> pointed out,
> > Protestant simply means "a Christian who is not a Catholic"
>
> Actually, that's not true either. The various Orthodox churches (Russian-
> Orthodox, Greek-Orthodox, etc.) are not Protestant but they're most
> certainly also not (Roman-)Catholic. The best definition of Protestant, I
> guess, is that of the various Christian religions that have, at
> some point
> in the past, broken away from Catholicism.

Hence the name Protest-ant (i.e. those who protest the Churches excesses).