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[edit] Catholic vs. Roman Catholic
There is a concerted effort to erradicate use of the terms "Catholic" and "Catholic Church" in all article and category names. This includes even the category WikiProject Catholicism. The historic name of the Catholic Church is in the process of being banned on WP. Anyone who is interested in this issue is welcome to join the discussion which I hope to have moved from the RCC page to this one. God Bless, --Vaquero100 09:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- Could you elaborate? What is the motivation for such changes? Lostcaesar 19:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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- The motivation for the change is to distingush the Roman Catholic Church from other churches which use the word "Catholic" in their titles. I'm sure Talk:Roman Catholic Church, among other places has plenty of discussion relating to this issue. —Mira 09:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
We should oppose this, the RCC has referred to itself as the Catholic Church, from its very inception. Letsbe honest if this went to a court of law as a trademark we know where the decision would go. Phil 20686 18:41, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Also, there is a difference. The Catholic Church would include our Eastern Rite brothers, while the Roman Catholic Church would only be those of us in the Latin Rite. poopsix 10:05, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- I definitely support the use of 'Catholic Church' over 'Roman Catholic Church'. I suppose the latter is not very p.c. because it excludes Eastern-rite Catholics. I think there is also a discussion about this in Talk:Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, which of course has the Eastern-rite Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians. Bonus bon 09:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
