The words Popery and Papism are mainly historical pejorative words in the English language for Roman Catholicism, once frequently used by Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians to label their Cat
1807 cartoon by James Gillray depicting George III saying "bring in the papists!"
A Dutch crescent-shaped Geuzen medal at the time of the anti-Spanish Dutch Revolt, with the slogan "Liever Turks dan Paaps" ("Rather Turkish than Papist"), 1570
St John the Baptist Church, Hagley, memorial to Meriel Lyttelton (a daughter of Thomas Bromley) from 1769, remembered "for Breeding up her Children in the Protestant Religion, Their Ancestors having been Papists"
High church refers to Christian beliefs and practices of Christian ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology which emphasize "ritual, priestly authority, sacraments," and a standard liturgy. Although used i
Popery
…of the nineteenth century, claimed that "All Protestants are Crypto-Papists". Although the term has been used as a means of attacking Protestants with high church sympathies, such as William Laud and John Spottiswoode, at other times there have been individuals who have secretly converted to Catholicism, for…
The nave and chancel of the Lutheran Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Satirical broadside of 1709/10 accusing Henry Sacheverell, "The High Church Champion," of "Popery"
Eucharistic procession by the Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto)