The bigger question is why some anti-Protestant Catholics are so wretchedly haughty that they think the Pope can redefine words to fit his own view of the faith and the rest of Christendom MUST go along with it?
“The bigger question is why some anti-Protestant Catholics are so wretchedly haughty that they think the Pope can redefine words to fit his own view of the faith and the rest of Christendom MUST go along with it?”
No words were redefined. Here’s how an Eastern Orthodox writer put it more than a decade ago:
“”Proselytism” has as many appealing connotations as “root canal.” It’s not just “evangelism,” sharing the Gospel with any and everyone. Proselytism implies dynamiting an existing faith to clear ground for a new one.”
http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles2/MathewesGreenProselytize.php
So, we see that Protestant anti-Catholics are unfamiliar with a word’s definition but haughtily assume it was redefined by the pope when in fact the definition is understood by educated people.
And go ask the Russians about it too: http://wwrn.org/articles/615/?&place=russia§ion=catholic