Catholic vs Shinto - What's the difference?
catholic | shinto |
Universal; all-encompassing.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.29:
Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.
Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
Of, or pertaining to, Shintoism.
As adjectives the difference between catholic and shinto
is that catholic is of the western christian church, as differentiated from eg the orthodox church while shinto is of, or pertaining to, shintoism.As a noun catholic
is a member of a catholic church.As a proper noun shinto is
formerly the state religion of japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.catholic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Essentially, and in idea, the empire, in the minds of the Romans, was world-wide. This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic ’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans.
- He has catholic tastes.