Protestantism
A living tradition within Christianity. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Protestantism is a living tradition within Christianity. Also written the Reformation churches.
Origin
Founders named in the sources: Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin. No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Britannica records that Luther's posting of the Ninety-five Theses on 31 October 1517 is commemorated by many Protestants as the start of the Reformation, while noting Luther did not then intend a break with Rome. The name derives from the 1529 Protestation at the Diet of Speyer. [CORRECTION] foundedYear 1517 cleared. Paired with founders [Luther, Zwingli, Calvin] it made Calvin - born 1509 - a founder of an event that occurred when he was eight. 1517 belongs to Luther's Ninety-five Theses alone, and the entry itself records that Luther 'did not then intend a break with Rome'. The three reformers are recorded as founders of distinct streams with their own dates, not of a single dated foundation.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Protestantism.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-protestantism.
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title = {Protestantism},
year = {2026},
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.