Not sure if the error was intentional to make the point that you don’t care, but Catholics are the largest denomination of Christianity, rather than an alternative to it.
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.
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.
I’m talking about the Dutch, not academics and Wikipedia article writers. When someone is talking about someone who is “Christelijk” they mean protestant.
Not sure if the error was intentional to make the point that you don’t care, but Catholics are the largest denomination of Christianity, rather than an alternative to it.
Maybe more to mean like the original belief vs the now off-spring?
It’s appel vs fruit. There are lots of types of christianity, chatolicism is a type of christianity.
The Dutch make a distinction between Catholic and Christian.
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.
looks surprised
goes to check Dutch Wikipedia
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholicisme
Using Google Translate to convert the overview to English, I get:
That sounds like they’re classifying it the same way I’d normally see it in the English-speaking world.
I’m talking about the Dutch, not academics and Wikipedia article writers. When someone is talking about someone who is “Christelijk” they mean protestant.
denomination
Yeah, thats what I thought