• tal@lemmy.today
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      10 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

      • starlinguk@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        I’m talking about the Dutch, not academics and Wikipedia article writers. When someone is talking about someone who is “Christelijk” they mean protestant.