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in reply to a message by Ismene
Erm, Catholics are Christians. Christian just means "follower of Christ" and members of all denominations associated with Christ and the New Testament are Christians. Catholics are just a particular group of Christians. You will have been raised in a particular denomination of Christianity too, even if it doesn't feature in your church's name.
Christian was very popular when I was growing up (along with my own name, Christine, and Kristy, Christina, Christopher, Kirsten, Kirsty and a host of other Kris/Chris etc names). I doubt most of the people using Christian in the 70s and 80s in Australia were using it to honour their faith; it was most likely just part of the trend.
I wouldn't use it myself but it's a pleasant enough name and no one will blink twice at it.
Christian was very popular when I was growing up (along with my own name, Christine, and Kristy, Christina, Christopher, Kirsten, Kirsty and a host of other Kris/Chris etc names). I doubt most of the people using Christian in the 70s and 80s in Australia were using it to honour their faith; it was most likely just part of the trend.
I wouldn't use it myself but it's a pleasant enough name and no one will blink twice at it.
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I understand that Catholicism is a subset of Christianity I just was unsure if it would seem weird since every Catholic I know describes themselves as a "Catholic" and every Christian I know as a "Christian" and there are still large enough discrepancies between "Christian" beliefs and "Catholic" beliefs for the two to be separated
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