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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The Dutch make a distinction between Catholic and Christian.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    looks surprised

    goes to check Dutch Wikipedia

    https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholicisme

    Using Google Translate to convert the overview to English, I get:

    Catholicism is considered the largest movement within Christianity. The term derives from the word "catholic" and comes from the Greek (καθολικός - katholikos), meaning general or universal. The term "catholic" was first used in the context of the church by Ignatius of Antioch. In a letter to the Christians of Smyrna in 107, he wrote: "Where Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."[1]

    Catholicism is united by two creeds, the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, and can be divided into:

    Christians who unite under the Bishop of Rome (the Pope): Roman Catholics

    Other Christians who call themselves Catholic

    That sounds like they're classifying it the same way I'd normally see it in the English-speaking world.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I'm from New Jersey and we all make a very big distinction between Catholicism and Christian. And lots of us were raised Catholic around here, and Christians all seem to be late-in-life converts, at least where I'm from. And I'm a typical nothinger now, but I'd take Catholicism and it's bullshit (not kid touching) over what I've experienced with the Christians around here, never met a faker bunch of people.

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