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Why do people say "Catholics and Christians" in (USA) when Catholics are also Christians, as if they refer to it as a different religion. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is this some sort of remnant of evangelical puritan protestant ideology?

I don't understaun this.

If you ask me, it'd make as much sense as Orthodox and Christians.... or Shia and Muslim...

I know not all Christians are Catholics but for feck's sake...

They're all Christians to me....

Edit:

It's a U.S thing but this is the sort of things I hear...

https://www.gotquestions.org/Catholic-Christian.html

I am a Catholic. Why should I consider becoming a Christian?

I now know more distinctions (apparently Catholicism requires duty and salvation is process, unlike Protestantism?) but I still think they're of a similar branch (Christianity) so I just wonder the social factor

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[–] gigachad@feddit.de 22 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This might be a regional thing. At least in Germany, where the reformation took place, the term Christian include all groups, protestans, catholics, orthodox etc.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In Austria, when people say "Christian", I'm convinced that 90% of people only think of the Roman Catholic Church. Even though the term includes all groups.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it like that 90% of christians are actually Roman Catholics there?

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Even more I believe, yes

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

It's really a US thing. That's where most of the whacky religious stuff comes from these days.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Most Catholic people in the mid 19th century in the Americas were imagrants or Mexican and considered non-white.