they testified against them. The Vulgate reads quos protestantes. who in protesting against them. Thus, the first instance of the word "Protestant" is found in the Vulgate, and not in the history of the Reformation. Pr. = for, and testans = witnessing, is positive, not negative. It denotes. witnessing for God and His truth, not merely against evil.
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2 Chronicles 24:19
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.