前者意思说得粗俗点是教皇的爪牙，后者是天主教徒

popist从字面上看就是教皇的狗腿子……

就好像我们在网络上互骂对方美分或五毛。在外人面前，我们都是中国人，那为啥我们这样的互骂呢？就是政治理念不同而已。

哦，原来如此

catholic不一定指罗马天主教徒，其原意是指‘普世的’‘大公’的。一切标榜自己属于大公教会的宗派都可以自称catholic, 比如圣公会，东正教。

popacy

papist (n.) 1530s, "adherent of the pope," from Middle French papiste, from papa"pope," from Church Latin papa(see pope).

catholic (adj.) mid-14c., "of the doctrines of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted," from French catholique, from Church Latin catholicus"universal, general," from Greek katholikos, from phrase kath' holou"on the whole, in general," from kata"about" + genitive of holos"whole" (see safe(adj.)). Applied to the Church in Rome c.1554, after the Reformation began. General sense of "of interest to all, universal" is from 1550s. Catholic (n.) "member of the Roman Catholic church," 1560s, from Catholic(adj.).

既然这两个词来自法语，我们看看法语当中，他们的区别是什么？catholic褒义，papist是贬义的区别。

catholic来自法语catholique n. 天主教徒 adj. 天主教的; 信奉天主教的； <俗>符合道德标准的, 正派的, 正直的 adj. 【宗教】普遍的 catholique adj. n天主教徒； 天主教的 Eglise catholique 天主教会 église catholique 天主教堂

papist来自法语papiste n. <贬> 1教皇主义者 2天主教徒

除了罗马天主教以外 还有希腊天主教 两个都是天主教

长知识了。