You know you are a Roman Catholic when

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Why voluntarily call oneself a “Roman” Catholic when the term was added as a perjorative by Anglicans?

Catholic and/or Roman?

CATHOLICS in Australia still suffer from intermittent and inconsistent bigotry at official and semi-official levels, and in the media. The patience of many Catholics is starting to run out, despite the fact that insults have a way of being back-handed compliments, and turning the other cheek is a time-honoured Christian reaction.

Have readers noticed how, in 1988, some ‘friends’ or business acquaintances will self-consciously and at times barely audibly throw in the word Roman when referring to Catholics. They are insulting you and know that they are using a term you reject but they go ahead just the same – and their very hesitancy heightens the discourtesy.
The word ‘Catholic’ as almost everybody knows, means ‘Universal’. ‘Roman’ is an adjective referring to the city or See of Rome, the first city of an ancient Empire, and the capital of modern Italy. To qualify ‘Catholic’ with any adjective is a contradiction in terms.

The custom of doing so arose in the heady times of the reformation when having abandoned the Catholic Church many of the reformers began to doubt their spiritual legitimacy. They saw that they could not very well reject the Nicene Creed and still call themselves Christians. But what were they to make of the statement of belief in the Holy Catholic Church? To deny it would be fatal; and to accept it without qualification was impossible.

So the opponents of Rome came up with the convenient tag ‘Roman’ Catholic to distinguish Catholics in union with the successor of St Peter from other alleged ‘Catholics’ who rejected the authority of the Pope but realised how shaky their claim to be Christian was unless they could, somehow, cluster under the ‘Catholic’ umbrella. The ploy is a familiar one, and Catholics are happy enough to let history be the judge as to the truth of falsity of the claims.

More at jloughnan.tripod.com/rom_cath.htm
 
When as a kid, one of the favorite “games” at your house was getting necco wafers and pretending to give each other communion (we were all under 5 :D)

And reading this thread and realizing you are not nearly as Catholic as you want to be:o

Decorating your Christmas tree with Christian ornaments, not disney
 
teenphilo1 said:
Classy. I carry a shield, a 1 1/2 hander, and a handgun.

PS: If soldiers sometimes carry grenades on their belts, then is the truth ‘spiritual grenades’?
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I’m a sir, and I’m that tough. 🙂

Yes, it can be spiritual grenades. 🙂
 
you get genuinely annoyed at people who do not know the difference between Church and church.
 
When you see a half-moon you automatically think of it being beneath the Blessed Virgin’s feet.

When instead of change in the couch, you’re finding medals.

When you hear somebody say “HOLY GOD!” in exclamation, you sing “WE PRA-AISE THY NAME.” (like the hymn)

When you saw Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” and you still think she looks better with the Sisters of Charity habit.

You’ve got a nativity in your Car.

When you see an Anglican in a clerical collar and think "he’d look so much better if he were Catholic.

Christopher Hitchens makes the middle of your brain itch.

When you find an image of the Sacred Heart, Our Lady, or the Saints, at a yard sale you try to convince the owner to bring it back inside and put it where everyone can see it.

When you see someone wearing the Rosary as a fashion, it’s the ONLY time you never brought your “How to pray the Rosary” leaflets.
 
When you enter the Nave of the Catholic Church and see a huge Crucifix with the corpse of Jesus dominating the Sanctuary wall.
 
You go to a Protostent Church with family and feel award/ out of place before it stars being you are not used to all the chatting going on, no place to kneel etc… In other words a strange vibe feeling.
 
Seamus_L said:
You’ve got emergency Holy Water in your car.
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Or pay for XM radio, just to continue to receive the Catholic Channel.

Or make the sign of the cross when passing the Church regardless of whether or not other drivers see you.

Or, have medals in the change compartment.

Or, in my case have a chalice behind the drivers seat to be polished and gold plated.
 
Not only is it your opinion, but you hold that it is an eternal TRUTH that INCENSE should be a flavour of candy.
 
you find yourself mentally correcting all of the mistakes in Dan Brown. I’m sure the only thing the lad got right was what the different colours of smoke signify.

you have at least once (accidentally or otherwise) said the Hail Mary at a multi-faith gathering (by which I mean mixed Catholic/Protestant)
 
cjbaggins said:
This happened with me with a professor. Not funny at all. 😦
He kept badmouthing the Church, and finally claimed that he knew why there were sex abuse scandals in the Church (in his opinion, because priests are celibate :mad:). I couldn’t stand it anymore, and had to speak up - reminding him that we don’t discuss the merits of marriage by discussing those who break their vows, why discuss the priesthood in that manner?

cj
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Or since it was a teacher you could mention the fact that sex abuse is much more prevalent among teachers and yet he hasn’t left his profession.
 
You ask Saint Francis to protect your dogs.
When someone says “Mother of God!” you resist the urge to say “Pray for us”
If you’ve ever had to say “I can’t eat that, it’s Friday”
You see a protestant who admits sola fide is false and think smugly “I can work with that”
 
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