"Papist" in the news

Who's callin' us papists these days?!

RedlandsDailyFacts: "The Protestant reformers frowned on the pies, seeing them as a human tradition, not divine, and the Puritan regime forbade them as "papist." But a tasty treat defies religious laws, and the pies returned to England when good King Charles II replaced the stern Puritans and they have been a part of English cuisine ever since at Christmastide." {Lesson learned: Papists love pies.}

NumisBaster: "In any event, James had waged an unending campaign to bring the Kirk to heel, an effort culminating in the so-called "Black Articles of Perth" in 1618. These not only mandated such "papist" practices as kneeling to receive communion, but - much worse - reintroduced the office of bishop." {Lesson learned: Liturgical legislation is best not left to kings.}

ScienceBlogs: "The irony here is that America in 1787 was almost entirely Protestant and one of the arguments heard from many a pulpit in those days was that the ban on religious tests for office would lead - gasp - to a "Papist" ruling the country." {Lesson learned: Papists are the original outlaws.}

TheMorningCall: "The Puritans, a group similar to but distinct from the Pilgrims, were happy to celebrate Thanksgiving as their seminal annual celebration because it conveniently replaced Christmas, which they deemed decadent, unsupported by the Gospels, and entirely too papist." {Lesson learned: Papists know how to Christmas-it-up right.}

TheFirstPost: "Conrad had converted to Rome for his first marriage, and made much of his Papist propriety." {Lesson learned: ... actually, I'm stumped.}