Dropping the Name Protestant

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 17, 1913

Dropping the Name Protestant

THAT true Protestantism is disintegrating, and that many of those now called by that name have lost its true spirit, is recognized alike by Catholics and Protestants. Of this the New York Weekly Witness of June 4 says:—

And it is quite true that there is an endless variety of teaching among people who claim to be Protestants and are recognized as such. In fact, the word Protestant has no definite meaning now. As a rule, all persons who claim to be Christians and who do not belong to the Roman Church or the Greek Church are classed as Protestants, although they may be as widely separated from one another as the poles, both in belief and in practise. It is high time, in fact, that the name Protestant should be dropped; for the word means one who protests against the errors of Romanism, if it means anything at all, and the great majority of those who are called Protestants now know little, and care less, about the errors of Romanism.