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**** Attend each other's Masses, yes, but not necessarily receive communion. An Orthodox church is not supposed to offer communion to a non-Orthodox Christian nor is an Orthodox believer supposed to receive it from a non-Orthodox minister. (Curiously, traditional Catholicism *does* allow the offering of communion to the Orthodox, though not to Protestants.)
***** Not curious at all. It's a doctrinal distinction. Catholics and Orthodox both believe in transsubstantiation and the Real Presence, Protestants don't.
* The [[American Courts|United States Supreme Court]] has,{{when}} for the first time in its history, no Protestant judges.{{verify}} In fact, it has six Catholics and three [[You Have to Have Jews|Jews]]{{verify}} (for context, the Court is now{{when}} over 33 percent Jewish, while the nation they represent is ''less than'' 3 percent Jewish!).{{verify}} Oddly enough, the nation has had only one Catholic President out of 43.{{when}} Kennedy's religion was a matter of controversy at the time, as Americans have been traditionally wary of Catholicism's recognition of a European figure as a seat of authority (the Pope).
* Christianity Is Catholic can be justified in works involving demons, as Catholics are one of very few Christian sects that still trains exorcists.
* Interestingly enough, it happens within Catholicism ''itself,'' especially considering the fact that Catholics are pretty diverse in practices, "non-essential" beliefs and alignments. Catholics in America, for example, are distinct from Italian or Peruvian ones.
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** Although it's technically incorrect, a lot of non-Catholic Christians use "Christian" that way even in the United States. Some even claim that it is ''correct'', because "Catholics ''aren't'' Christian" (usually based on the assumption that the use of the crucifix, instead of the bare cross, means Catholics don't believe in the Resurrection).
* In Medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church (and Eastern Orthodox) was the only Christian Church, until the Reformation (which took place during Renaissance) when Protestantism evolved.
** There were also Nestorians, Coptics, Irish, and so on. Also the Roman Catholic Church was, like everything Medieval, far more decentralized then the official rules stated, and had lots of weird cul-de-sacs and [[Jurisdiction Friction|jurisdictional complications.]] Probably it would have been as easy to find a de facto sovereign bishop that paid nominal allegiance to the pope as a de facto sovereign prince that paid nominal allegiance to the Holy Roman Emperor.
** Technically, "Roman" wasn't used until the 1500s.
* All the tropers that were raised Catholic in their childhood probably felt that way. Until they learned about the existence of other Christian denominations.
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