“It’s not a derogatory term and it was not coined by Prots.”
Except it was and was. See post #65.
“Get over the faux offense that so many Catholics seem to delight in whenever someone not a Catholic says something.”
What offense?
“Too many Catholics are too easily offended.”
What offense?
“And taking offense is a indicator of spiritual immaturity as per the Scripture that Catholics like to claim their church *wrote*.”
Again, WHAT OFFENSE?
Having said that, to use that term is not considered derogatory *if* used in the proper sense. The Catholic Encyclopedia entry on the term "Roman Catholic" explains the two meanings:
Accordingly, at the Newcastle Conference of the Catholic Truth Society (Aug., 1901) the cardinal [Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, England] explained clearly to his audience that "the term Roman Catholic has two meanings; a meaning that we repudiate and a meaning that we accept." The repudiated sense was that dear to many Protestants, according to which the term Catholic was a genus which resolved itself into the species Roman Catholic, Anglo-Catholic, Greek Catholic, etc. But, as the cardinal insisted, "with us the prefix Roman is not restrictive to a species, or a section, but simply declaratory of Catholic." The prefix in this sense draws attention to the unity of the Church, and "insists that the central point of Catholicity is Roman, the Roman See of St. Peter."
No, it is.
Now, it’s your OPINION vs my OPINION.
Since you cannot demonstrate that it’s a fact, you cannot make the claim as factual.
FWIW, in the Buffalo area, where there are also the Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholics, it’s not uncommon for Roman Catholics to identify themselves as *Roman Catholic* to distinguish between themselves and the Ukrainian rite.
You need to get over yourself.
To the term Roman Catholic.
Roman Catholics seem to run from that term faster than Manute Bol runs the 100m....even though your pope coined the term Roman Catholic.