You might have told me that you viewed the Oxford English Dictionary as a valid resource, but only so long as it agrees with you before you asked me to look something up in it.
You wrote:
“You might have told me that you viewed the Oxford English Dictionary as a valid resource, but only so long as it agrees with you before you asked me to look something up in it.”
I never said it was invalid. I suggest you re-read what I wrote. Maybe this time you’ll understand. This is what I wrote:
“It was easy for the Protestants writing the OED to call it “non-controversial term and has long been the recognized legal and official designation” but that is not how many Catholics actually felt or believed nor is it how many Catholics feel or believe now.”
Now, what I wrote is irrefutable and is shown to be true by the very existence of this thread DECADES after the Protestant editors of the OED said it was “non-controversial”. Clearly it is controversial.
What part of that do you not understand and if you don’t understand that there is controversy then why do you think this thread is here?