[metmom]

It’s no big deal unless someone WANTS to be offended.

Then no matter what happens, what is said, and how it is said, the person who wants to be offended will find offense.

This is no different than when blacks object to a certain pejorative that is used freely among themselves but when a white person says it, suddenly it’s a matter of great offense.

The Roman rite is not the Ukrainian rite and the comments I have about Roman Catholicism are not applicable to the Ukrainian rite.

So to distinguish and not blanket comment on all rites of Catholicism, which do not adhere to ROMAN Catholicism, then I will use the term.

So exactly what do you all propose people use in place of *Roman Catholics* to address people who are Roman Catholic? After all, using the term Roman Catholics, is simply following the basic rules of English usage.

What are y’alls better ideas?

[ealgeone]

When the Roman Catholics change what Innocent II wrote then the conversation might move forward.

Until then Roman Catholics are stuck with the fact that one of their popes originated the term Roman Catholic.

And, much to the chagrin of Roman Catholics other popes identified their church as Roman well before the Reformation.

[piusv]

I am actually proud to be called a Roman Catholic. It doesn’t offend me in the least.