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    5 hours ago

    difference is between a Catholic and a Christian

    Not sure if the error was intentional to make the point that you don’t care, but Catholics are the largest denomination of Christianity, rather than an alternative to it.

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        2 hours ago

        looks surprised

        goes to check Dutch Wikipedia

        https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholicisme

        Using Google Translate to convert the overview back to English, I get:

        Catholicism is considered the largest movement within Christianity. The term derives from the word “catholic” and comes from the Greek (καθολικός - katholikos), meaning general or universal. The term “catholic” was first used in the context of the church by Ignatius of Antioch. In a letter to the Christians of Smyrna in 107, he wrote: “Where Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”[1]

        Catholicism is united by two creeds, the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, and can be divided into:

        Christians who unite under the Bishop of Rome (the Pope): Roman Catholics

        Other Christians who call themselves Catholic