Protestantism shi ne wani nau'i na bangaskiyar Kiristan da kuma yi. Yana fara a arewacin Turai, a cikin farkon 16th karni. aka qaddamar da Martin Luther a 1517. Martin Luther John Calvin Ulrich Zwingli Ilimin ɗan adam na ƙarni na XVth da XVI ya sabunta ilimi, ya fifita nazarin tsoffin rubutu kuma ya ƙarfafa karanta Littafi Mai -Tsarki kai tsaye. Kirkirar bugawa ya ba da damar rarraba rubutu sosai. Wannan ya ƙarfafa kwaskwarimar Furotesta sosai A farkon karni na XVI, yanayin rayuwa ya wuce rashin tabbas kuma Kiristoci suna tsoron zuwan ƙarshen duniya da hukuncin Allah. Cocin Katolika ya ba da mafita iri -iri don kwantar da fargaba, musamman sayar da 'son rai'; duk da haka, wasu mutane sun soki irin waɗannan ayyuka sosai kuma suna kira da a sake fasalin Cocin Katolika. Sannu -sannu wannan ya haifar da rikicin addini da siyasa wanda ya ƙare a haihuwar sabon bangaskiya: Furotesta. Ma'anar kalmar Furotesta, wacce ita ce kalmar addini, ta koma karni na XVII, lokacin da sarakunan Jamus, suka gamsu da cewa labaran Luther sun kasance ainihin sukar Cocin Katolika, sun nuna rashin amincewa da matakan danniya da Roma ta dauka a kansa.