To: Gamecock
Maybe it is like the Baptists dropping the word Baptist from the name of the church. They no longer want to use a word that has a negative connotation to many people.
16 posted on
02/26/2010 6:17:27 AM PST by
Between the Lines
(AreYouWhoYouSayYouAre? Esse Quam Videri - To Be, Rather Than To Seem)
To: Between the Lines
You wrote:
“Maybe it is like the Baptists dropping the word Baptist from the name of the church. They no longer want to use a word that has a negative connotation to many people.”
Actually Protestants invented the term “Roman Catholic Church” in the early modern era. We didn’t. Catholics merely referred to themselves as Catholics. If you don’t believe me you can look this up in the Oxford English Dictionary.
18 posted on
02/26/2010 6:19:53 AM PST by
vladimir998
(Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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