Quick! You need to go out and tell them all that they are wrong for using the derogatory term of *Roman Catholic*.
Quick! You need to go out and tell them all that they are wrong for using the derogatory term of *Roman Catholic*.
metmom, what makes your comment look so especially insipid is that you clearly have not read the thread.
If you did read the thread, you would have noticed that in the English speaking world Catholics have long accepted to varying degrees the phrase “Roman Catholic” because it was enshrined in English law by bigoted Protestants who completely controlled what got into English law and how it got there.
You clearly did not read post #65, for instance. If you want an analogous example think of the “Pennsylvania Dutch” who are not Dutch at all, but German. The English speakers in Pennsylvania confused “Dutch” with “Deutsch” (which means “German”) and it stuck to the point that even the “Pennsylvania Dutch” themselves use the term even though it is obviously incorrect.
Protestants invented the term “Roman Catholics” and enshrined it in English law. Hence, English speaking Catholics ended up using it too. Most other Catholics never did, but you’ll find that English language websites for overseas non-English speaking dioceses sometimes use “Roman Catholic” because they assume that’s how to say it in English because that’s what they often find in English language books and dictionaries in their countries.
Obey your programming metmom. You must be a drone who repeats errors just like you did in your post. You must do it again and again.