Is the Mormon Church considered to be Catholic or Protestant?
Dear Gramps, I am 11 years old, and a few months ago in my social studies class, we talked about how Martin Luther (NOT Martin Luther King Jr.) developed the Lutheran Church when he was “fed up” with the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. My teacher, who is not a member of the Mormon Church, commented that unless you are Catholic, you are a Protestant because of the root word “protest” in the word “Protestant”; referring to when followers of Martin Luther protested against the Roman Catholic Church. A few months later, I ended up moving back to my old school, which is a Christian school. One day we had a substitute teacher, also not a member of the Mormon Church, who (and I can’t remember how on Earth we got on this topic) recited the protestant religions, and Mormonism wasn’t one of them. So I was just wondering, if the Nephites and Lamanites were long gone by the time that Martin Luther was alive, then what are we Mormons considered to be- Catholics or Protestants? Ellen, from E
