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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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[-] exanime@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago

You are correct, Catholics are a subset of Christianity... But similarly how people assume a "doctor" is a medical practitioner, Christians has become the informal name for "Protestant" or "evangelicals"

Basically "Christians" tend to mean, anything not "Catholic" (which is old school, visibly indistinguible from others in the Christendom)

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[-] KRAW@linux.community 3 points 7 months ago

Probably because depending on the context "Christians" is likely referring to "Protestants." There are some very significant differences between Catholic and Protestant Christianity, moreso than between Protestant denominations, whose differences tend to be a bit more trivial. Other comments make some good points, but it is not too far of a stretch to say that Catholicism may be different enough to be considered a separate religion (I don't know who gets to draw these lines). But in the most technical sense, yes, Catholics are a subset of Christians.

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[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

They mean Catholics and Protestants but they're morons and their religious leaders have convinced them that Catholics are somehow not Christians.

[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

LDS people will also consider themselves christians but protestants dont like that lol

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