Popery - Wikipedia The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English language for Roman Catholicism, once frequently used by Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians to label their Roman Catholic opponents, who differed from them in accepting the
catholicism - Whats a Papist exactly? - Christianity Stack . . . Papist in the most simple term means follower of the pope The reformation gave rise to groups of Christians that followed beliefs rather than individuals (e g only scripture, only faith, only grace)
Have you ever been called a “papist”? - Aleteia According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “papist” as a noun first appeared in 1528 — amid the start of the Reformation and soon before the Church of England split from the Catholic Church