The idea of being a “Protestant” is one who protests, and they did protest. they resisted many ideas of the Catholic church, including (but not limited to) having a pope, praying to dead people (“saints”), statues, ritual of the liturgy, a formal hierarchy, arbitrary and often capricious decisions of the clergy, using religion as a fund raising scheme, abuse of the powers and status of clergy, presuming to supplant the supremacy of scripture, changes of the law, parroted prayers, indulgences, and an uncountable number of other things, not the least of which was torture and killing of many millions of people who disagreed with them. Yes, they protested. They didn’t like that treatment at all. Now, many “Protestants” don’t protest hardly anything the Catholic church does, and the Catholic church in turn has become a much different sort of institution than it was in Luther’s day. Hope this helps <3
<span>Religion, at that time, was governed by the State. In such, the government controlled all aspects of religious life and what sorts of materials would pass muster as being "proper" and what viewpoints would be considered "non-threatening" to the health of the nation. Any belief systems that were outside of this were considered verboten.</span>
