01-22-2005, 07:51 PM
Muslimah wrote:
> I know this may be off topic but u r a catholic right?
No, I'm not Roman Catholic. I'm a Lutheran. More specifically, I belong to a group called "Lutheran Church Canada" which is the Canadian arm of the larger "Lutheran Church Missouri Synod" in the USA.
Incidently, the word "catholic" can be used two ways. When the letter "C" is capitalized, then
Catholic = Roman Catholic Church
When the letter "c" is lower case, then
catholic = universal
So, as a Christian I believe I am a member of the catholic Christian church (i.e., the "universal church" which all Christians belong to). But I don't belong to the Roman Catholic church.
The reason I bring this up is that, on occasion, I have encountered Muslims who are confused between the terms catholic and Catholic. I figured it wouldn't hurt to clarify the two meanings of the word.