The name Roman Catholic was a pejorative invented by English Protestants.
It's nothing more than a distinguishing title to note the differences between the Roman rite and other ones. Catholics use it themselves all the time.
2,452 posted on 12/03/2011 8:36:23 PM PST by metmom
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