- a member or follower of any of the Western Christian Churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church in accordance with the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran Churches新教徒（根据宗教改革原则脱离罗马天主教的各西方基督教会教徒, 包括浸礼会、长老会和路德宗教会）。
- Protestants are so called after the declaration （protestatio） of Martin Luther and his supporters dissenting from the decision of the Diet of Spires (1529), which reaffirmed the edict of the Diet of Worms against the Reformation. All Protestants reject the authority of the papacy, both religious and political, and find authority in the text of the Bible, made available to all in vernacular translation.
- of, relating to, or belonging to any of the Protestant Churches（与）新教教会（有关）的。
派生词
Protestantization
（亦作-isation）nounProtestantize
（亦作-ise）verb词源
mid 16th cent.: via German or French from Latin protestant- 'protesting'，from Latin protestari （see PROTEST）.