• 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.