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06 Aug 2012, 11:14 am

JakobVirgil wrote:
enrico_dandolo wrote:
JakobVirgil wrote:
enrico_dandolo wrote:
Strange chart. "Christian" apparently means Protestant. The last time I surfed Wikipedia, both Catholics and Orthodox were Christians.


The divisions are standard

Mainline "Christians" = Traditional protestants; Anglicans, Lutherans, presybterians etc.
Evangelical "Christians" =modern or american style protestants; Baptists, Pentecostals, megachurch goers, etc.
Catholics and Orthodox don't fall into those categories.

There are more than a billion Catholics. If anyone has a claim to the name "Christian", it is they.


Of course unfortunately 'mericans are stupid.
Our protestants have no clue about their origins and like to be called Christians without any modifiers.

Catholics are not what american's call Mainline Christians which should really be called Mainline Protestants but this would lead most American "Christians" to scratch their collective heads having no idea what a Protestant is let alone that it is the group they belong to.

Oh...

That explains the long debate I had with an American about how Catholics are actually Christians. Thanks.