anti-Catholic
Opposing the Vatican
Anti-Catholic describes hostility toward Catholics, Catholicism, or the Catholic Church.
The term covers a range from theological disagreement to outright bigotry: anti-Catholic prejudice kept him from winning the election, The pamphlet's anti-Catholic rhetoric blamed the Pope for everything.
Historically significant in Protestant-majority countries where Catholics faced discrimination.
Post-schism Western Christian
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
idolatry · saints · relics · transubstantiation · confession · priesthood · celibacy · hierarchy
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
Henry VIII · recusant · Gunpowder Plot · sectarian · Orangemen · Guy Fawkes · exclusion · martyrs
Intolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- sectarianismPrejudiced loyalty to subgroups
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
stereotype · slur · idolatry · superstition · xenophobia · nativism · scapegoating · othering
Separation of faith, state
- separationState of being apart
- VaticanPapal city-state
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
theocracy · JFK · sovereignty · foreign influence · papal authority · dual loyalty · citizenship · nationalism
Protestant
Post-schism Western Christian
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
heresy · idolatry · saints · relics · transubstantiation · confession · priesthood · celibacy · hierarchy · pope
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
Henry VIII · Elizabethan · recusant · Gunpowder Plot · sectarian · Orangemen · Guy Fawkes · exclusion · martyrs · Bloody Mary
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- sectarianismPrejudiced loyalty to subgroups
bias · stereotype · slur · idolatry · superstition · xenophobia · nativism · scapegoating · othering · hate speech
secularism
Separation of faith, state
- separationState of being apart
- VaticanPapal city-state
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
loyalty · theocracy · JFK · sovereignty · foreign influence · papal authority · dual loyalty · citizenship · nationalism · state church
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- English PuritanismPuritanism, Puritans, strict morals, godly, piety
anti-Catholicecumenical
Promoting religious unity
interfaith · ecumenist · nonsectarian · tolerant · pan-Christian