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Peter_J
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I guess a follow-up question could be: is it offensive to Anglicans to say that they are “catholic and protestant” rather than “Catholic and Protestant”?
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Thinkingaloud
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I always use Roman Catholic, or sometimes the Latin Church as referring only to the latin rite. I once dated a Melkite. If any communion would have been able to persuade me to become catholic it would be them.Well, I prefer if people say “the Roman Communion” rather than “the Roman Catholic Church”, since it’s actually made up of 23 different churches (although the largest of those, the Latin Church, contains about 98% of Catholics).
As far as terms like “the Catholic Church”, “the one true church”, “the original church”, and “the church of Christ” … well I guess I don’t mind at all if you want to call us those.
I have pondered the the validity of names for the RC church and I have come up with “The papal church” - it’s accurate and void of insult, easily understandable and any protestant would have no qualms using this terminology. Perhaps it will catch on
However in day to day I will quite happily use “catholics” and “Catholic Church” because everyone knows what it means in colloquial language. Same with “Orthodox” and “Calvinist”. Would we refuse to refer to the “Free Democratic Republic of Congo” by it’s official name simply because we don’t believe it’s free? No we wouldn’t
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Thinkingaloud
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I think many protestants might not want to call some Anglicans protestant either
lol. Of course not. They believe in the real presence and infant baptism.I think many protestants might not want to call some Anglicans protestant either
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Aelred_Minor
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As others have said, “Protestant” is a proper noun and in English we capitalize proper nouns. Simple as that.
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