User talk:BaronGrackle

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, BaronGrackle, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} and your question on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Constantine a Catholic

Hi there. There is a common misconception that the word "Catholic" only came about in 1054 with the schism between Greeks and Latins or in 1512 with Martin Luther's Protestant reformation. However, the word Catholic means "Universal" in Greek and has been used to describe the Christians (and they used it to describe it themselves) who followed the Nicaean Council sometime in 325 AD. Assyrians, Chaldeans, Oriental Orthodox Churches and even the Greek Orthodox Church calls itself Catholic. It was used to distinguish Gnostics and Aryans from Nicaean Christians. Therefore, Constantine was Catholic. Tourskin (talk) 06:17, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

  • A simple misunderstanding! Look at my actual edit; I was just saying that "Constantine I" is not a term that only Catholics use. I think the parentheses may have been placed there by accident, instead of near "Constantine the Great". -BaronGrackle (talk) 15:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Burma/Myanmar

I'm glad you didn't take my comments as a personal offense! Actually, having read your comments on the Burma/Myanmar debate, I have to say they come across as balanced and fair, unlike many of the comments in support of Myanmar, which seem to be of the; "...it's called Myanmar, because that's what The Hicksville Star calls it, and anyone who disagrees with me is a moron" type. You make many fair points about Myanmar being the name recognised by the UN, by the current regime, by many governments and a proportion of the Burmese people, but until that change is ratified by some kind of democratic vote, I'm sticking with the name "Burma." Sorry! Angstriddenyouth (talk) 19:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Nice comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.210.163 (talk) 23:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Senility

At least I said more or less the same thing each time. Imagine if I'd argued opposite points in each response (I often find myself doing that in real life)!--Regents Park (Feed my swans) 16:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Never a dull moment on wikipedia! --Regents Park (Feed my swans) 11:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A well deserved barnstar

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
for supporting the core values of wikipedia even at the cost of your own preferences! Regents Park (Chase my ducks) 21:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)