In Here I Stand, Roland Bainton points out that the name Protestant derives from the Second Diet of Speyer in 1529. The Protestants opposed religious liberty being imposed in Lutheran states, while the Catholics disavowed liberty in Catholic lands. I am reminded by Bainton that Lutheranism is an "evangelical" version of the catholic faith. And that the name "Protestant" derives from a strange source.
Luther's view of the Christ of the state (the Magnificat God who topples) and the Christ of the church (the suffering servant of the cross) is food for thought for Calvinists. Bravo to Bainton!
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