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…

  • KRAW@linux.communityEnglish
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    8 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.

    • Gabu@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Catholicism may be different enough to be considered a separate religion

      I believe what you mean to say is that Protestant sects would be considered a separate religion, as Catholicism far predates other sects.

        • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          8 months ago

          What I think they meant was that categorizing Catholicism as a seperate religion from Protestantism while Prostestantism claims Christianity makes no sense considering that Catholicism has an older claim to being Christian.

          So, if anyone shouldn’t be able to claim “Christianity” because of being a new, differentiated religion then it should be Protestants. Using that logic it should be “Christians and Protestants”.

          But I agree, they are all in fact Christians.