The Catholic British Empire.

[Will Kürlich Kerl]

Just for the record, England OTL _was_ (/is) Catholic. Just not _Roman_ Catholic. The BoP recites (in many places) "I beleve in the holy goste. The holye catholike church. The communion of saintes. The forgevenes of sinnes. The resurreccion of the bodie. And the lyfe everlasting. "

England was Catholic. Now it is Anglician (the Church of England)

 

[whitecrow]

Tell that to American Protestants who spent most of history at best distrusting the Catholic church and considering themselves seperate from it.

Definitely going to have to disagree on that considering what many Americna Protestants believe to be seperate

For that matter, try to go to (non-Popish areas of) Eastern Europe, Caucasus or Middle East and tell the people there "you're all Catholic -- you just never knew about it" .

 

[nomisma]

For that matter, try to go to (non-Popish areas of) Eastern Europe, Caucasus or Middle East and tell the people there "you're all Catholic -- you just never knew about it" .

I am interest to know if the word Catholic is only imply Roman catholic?
Given most of the Eastern church identify themselves as Catholic Church.

 

[Tizoc]

A thought: with (Roman) Catholic remaining state religion in England, won't there be English "hugenots"?

 

[RPW@Cy]

Tell that to American Protestants who spent most of history at best distrusting the Catholic church and considering themselves seperate from it.

Catholic means universal, not Roman. No protestant of my acquaintance (and i know some pretty evangelical ones) has any problems with the Nicene Creed, even the bit that goes "And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church...", even if some do go out of their way to say "of course I don't mean *Roman* Catholic" afterwards.

The original commenter was right - at least I can't think of any protestant church that does not regard itself as having a universal message.

 

[mrmandias]

I see a whole lot of syntax nit-picking going on, but not anyone who was actually confused by the OP. Don't be word nazis.

 

[Julius Vogel]

I see a whole lot of syntax nit-picking going on, but not anyone who was actually confused by the OP. Don't be word nazis.

Yes but would you think the nit pickers would more closely align with the SA or SS? The nite of the long knifes drawers nare afterall

 

[mrmandias]

A thought: with (Roman) Catholic remaining state religion in England, won't there be English "hugenots"?

Yes, quite a few of them. ITTL, the Gunpowder Plot may be some Protestant attempt to unseat the oppressive Catholic parliament or something.

 

[Hominid]

I'm guessing this would butterfly away Quakers, Puritans, etc. but would there still be religious offshoots in the Americas?

 

[JedidiahStott]

England was Catholic. Now it is Anglican (the Church of England)

And the Church of England, as by Law established, is a catholic church. At confirmation one must declare that one believes in the holy catholic and apostolic church. The Church of Rome, which is what people mean when they loosely speak of "Catholic" , is also catholic , though (from the Anglican viewpoint), it has fallen into grievous error and superstition. Likewise, the Orthodox churches are also catholic .So, likewise some (but not all) of the Protestant churches.

So , in terms of the OP, it is necessary to clarify where the intent was for England to remain _Catholic_ , or for England to remain in communion with the Church of Rome.

 

[Shogun]

And the Church of England, as by Law established, is a catholic church. At confirmation one must declare that one believes in the holy catholic and apostolic church. The Church of Rome, which is what people mean when they loosely speak of "Catholic" , is also catholic , though (from the Anglican viewpoint), it has fallen into grievous error and superstition. Likewise, the Orthodox churches are also catholic .So, likewise some (but not all) of the Protestant churches.

So , in terms of the OP, it is necessary to clarify where the intent was for England to remain _Catholic_ , or for England to remain in communion with the Church of Rome.

I really don't see the need for clarification. When we play with timelines involving a Catholic England (presumably with a significant Protestant minority in the southeastern corner), everyone generally assumes an England still loyal to Rome. And I am pretty confident that's the OP's intent as well.