tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post562649057985605879..comments2023-10-07T09:34:47.507-05:00Comments on Aggie Catholics: Not "Catholic Christian" - Just "Catholic"Marcelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-71103442439140520872012-01-31T07:28:38.265-06:002012-01-31T07:28:38.265-06:00@Nathan: there are multiple valid rites within the...@Nathan: there are multiple valid rites within the Catholic Church, including Greek, Byzantine, and Coptic. Roman refers to the Latin rite, although the term "Roman Catholic" is often used as a form of derision against the Catholic Church by some protestants, which is why it's a term that I like to avoid.Justin Michael Schwartzbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444824653324244001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-43232069619777863692012-01-30T16:41:16.570-06:002012-01-30T16:41:16.570-06:00I agree, but let me share a story of mine about wh...I agree, but let me share a story of mine about why we fought for Catholic Christian on one of the largest secular parenting websites. <br /><br />::prefaced by saying, one Catholic to another, I *completely* understand where you are coming from and I wholeheartedly agree::<br /><br />This topic hits close to home for me b/c I lead the renegade brigade on Babycenter.com to get our proper identity restored to our message board. You see, there were Mainstream Christians, Progressive Christians, Pentacostal Christians, Conservative Christians. Then there were atheists, agnostics, pagans, Mormons, Jehovah's Witness and Catholics. I was really bothered by this and together our group bandied together to appeal to the higher ups of BBC to change the name from Catholic Families to Catholic Christian Families. They tried to tell *us* the negative connotation Catholic Christian. The end result was that they finally gave in and gave us the title that we knew was proper and fitting given that the nature of the board was not only friendship and laughs, sharing in the Faith, but it was also a way to evangelize. The idea of the name change was not really for *us* because we knew our identity. It was a way to fight the plaguing thought processes by trolls that we were a "cult." So...all that to say that I completely agree with where you are coming from, but in our instance it was an evangelization tool to say to lookie loos and lurkers:<br /><br />"We are not only Christian, we are the ORIGINAL flavor, baby!" :)Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240750228529335620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-15254170712096825122012-01-26T09:33:38.418-06:002012-01-26T09:33:38.418-06:00Well said. I took a crack at this too, saying Cat...Well said. I <a href="http://www.convertjournal.com/2011/12/catholic-from-the-beginning/" rel="nofollow">took a crack at this</a> too, saying Catholic = Christian; Christian = Catholic. There is but one Christian Church and other Christian communities are part of it. While they would hate the notion, they are (partially) Catholic.George @ Convert Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230803204895454672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-61546479078130363922012-01-25T18:52:00.432-06:002012-01-25T18:52:00.432-06:00What do you think of the term "Roman Catholic...What do you think of the term "Roman Catholic"? Do you see that as another attempt at making the Catholic Church a subset, this time our Church being the "Roman" branch of a larger "Catholic" Church perhaps containing all other Christians? I think the Anglicans used to believe there were 3 branches of the "catholic church" - Roman, Orthodox, and Anglican.Nathan Barontinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149641876919091106noreply@blogger.com