People who say they are Christian...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always say I'm Catholic and I do take offense when people use Christian to mean only evangelical Protestants. In addition to Catholicism, there are many other non-Protestant denominations and we all are Christian.

Well, but evangelical protestants call themselves specifically Christians - so people are right to be confused.

I'm the earlier Catholic PP. They do that with the implication that they are the only 'real' saved Christians. They don't always recognize any other denomination as being Christian, most especially Catholicism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always say I'm Catholic and I do take offense when people use Christian to mean only evangelical Protestants. In addition to Catholicism, there are many other non-Protestant denominations and we all are Christian.

Well, but evangelical protestants call themselves specifically Christians - so people are right to be confused.

I know they do and it's highly annoying. They seem to think they own Christianity, and well, they don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always say I'm Catholic and I do take offense when people use Christian to mean only evangelical Protestants. In addition to Catholicism, there are many other non-Protestant denominations and we all are Christian.

Well, but evangelical protestants call themselves specifically Christians - so people are right to be confused.

I know they do and it's highly annoying. They seem to think they own Christianity, and well, they don't.

I donno. Is it different than we calling ourselves Americans while everyone in North and South America are technically Americans? Often their churches don't have a formal name or structure.