Because this is the phrase protestants use for the current state of "ecumenism," which they of course think is fine, since they don't believe in visible unity. ❋ Unknown (2009)
When the Spanish prisoners were asked by some of the English what their intentions were, had their expedition succeeded, they replied, "To extirpate the whole from the island, at least all heretics (as they called the protestants,) and to send their souls to hell." ❋ John Foxe (N/A)
Since there are no Irish protestants, that is gone. ❋ Unknown (2005)
The old church is the mother, and the protestants are the lewd daughters. ❋ The Evangelization Station (2010)
This is ironic, since this country was mostly founded by "protestants", seeking religious freedom which the Catholic Church and other institutionalized state churches denied them in Europe. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Also, as the Geneva Bible waned in popularity and the "protestants" in England began using the KJV, there was an increasing objection to its presence for it had not been printed in the Geneva Bible. ❋ Fr Timothy Matkin (2008)
Inglis was put forward by the "protestants," and was returned by 755 votes against 609. ❋ John Knight Fotheringham (1867)
Historically, Lutherans are the first "protestants," having protested at the second Diet of Speyer in 1529. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Cllr Cricket and Paul Rowen MP with their quiet but forceful distain of "protestants"? ❋ Unknown (2009)
"protestants" found that their efforts were out of date and that their arguments could have held water in the good old days, before the declaration of war, but not after. ❋ Solomon Tshekisho (1916)
Catholic question was not to be made a cabinet question, "and that both the lord chancellors, as well as the lord lieutenant of Ireland, were to be" protestants ". [ ❋ John Knight Fotheringham (1867)
In other words, are protestants like me who can't take communion in a catholic church doomed? ❋ Unknown (2009)
This is a fundamental difference between catholic and protestant ........ protestants believe our relaitonship is directly with god, not thru an intermediary which, especially these days, an intermediary with an agenda. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Conservative protestants don't remove Him from theology but they tend to from worship. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The US would look pretty good from a statistical standpoint if you only included white anglo-saxon protestants. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Although Queen Mary of england was pretty ruthless as well as a huge religious fanatic, what with burning the protestants at the stake and all … ❋ Unknown (2010)
I investigate this issue by identifying a segment of the U.S. population — evangelical protestants — that may be less prone to speculative motives, and uncover a significant negative relationship between their population share and house price volatility. ❋ Unknown (2009)