• beejboytyson@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Christian is actually a fairly new all encompassing word. Like Muslim there’s actually a ton of different “Christians”

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      10 days ago

      Fairly new meaning almost two millennia?

      Early greek christians already called themselves Χρῑστῐᾱνός (christianos)

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        9 days ago

        Lemme get this straight, 2 millenia they’ve been praising a guy before he was born??? Just asking…

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        9 days ago

        That’s the point.

        When they first started they started as catholics. When then church was first established.

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          9 days ago

          No, when they first started they were called Christians as Christian means follower of Christ whereas catholic means universal. The church now referred to as The Roman. Catholic Church got that name after the Great Schism.