No...I've got the right dead horse.
LOL! Winning.
“No...I’ve got the right dead horse.”
Nope. Let’s look again:
“but the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church”
NOT “Roman Catholics”.
“[The most Holy Roman Church] firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church”
NOT “Roman Catholics”.
“the Roman Pontiff.”
NOT “Roman Catholics”.
“The holy Roman Church”
NOT “Roman Catholics”.
“It (The Roman Church)”
NOT “Roman Catholics”.
“Roman church”
NOT “Roman Catholics”.
And let’s look again:
The use of this composite term in place of the simple Roman, Romanist, or Romish; which had acquired an invidious sense, appears to have arisen in the early years of the seventeenth century. For conciliatory reasons it was employed in the negotiations connected with the Spanish Match (1618-1624) and appears in formal documents relating to this printed by Rushworth (I, 85-89). After that date it was generally adopted as a non-controversial term and has long been the recognized legal and official designation, though in ordinary use Catholic alone is very frequently employed. (New Oxford Dict., VIII, 766)
You’re not only beating the wrong dead horse, but you’re apparently beating yourself.