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English translation: Philippine Catholic

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English term or phrase:	PC
English translation:	Philippine Catholic
Entered by:	Manuel Cedeño Berrueta

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13:23 Nov 6, 2011

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Religion / abbreviation, name of religion

English term or phrase: PC

PC: abbreviation, name of religion
A birth certificate from the Philippines, in the section dealing with the father’s data, reads:
"Religion: PC"

On the other hand, the marriage certificate of the parents say that they were married by the Catholic church, so I guess this “PC” refers to some variant of the Catholic religion, but I don’t know which.

Many thanks in advance,
Manuel

Manuel Cedeño Berrueta KudoZ activity Questions: 343 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (17 closed without grading) Answers: 1909
Local time: 21:41

Possible typo - RC - Roman Catholic

Explanation:
Could just be a typo. Catholics can often be referred to as "Roman Catholic" on offical documents, which would/could be abbreviated to RC.

A possibility.

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-11-06 13:32:51 GMT)
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http://www.rchistory.com/
"Roman Catholic (that's what RC stands for!) Our Catholic faith is central to all areas of our lives. The Catholic Church is deep in history and studying the history of our faith alongside secular history will deepen your understanding of God's plan for the world. Our Lord is truly the center of all history! "

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-11-06 13:39:01 GMT)
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If "P" is really intended, I suppose it could stand for "Philippine Catholic" although I think my first suggestion is more likely.

Selected response from:

Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:11

Grading comment

I believe that it possibly stands for “Philippine Catholic” but, since I am not sure, I decided to leave it just as “Catholic”.
Many thanks to all of you for your help.
Manuel

3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

Possible typo - RC - Roman Catholic

Ty Kendall

3 +4

profesión cristiana (Christian)

Jenni Lukac

3 +2

Presbyterian Church

Catharine Cellier-Smart

5 -1

Politically Correct

oraki

3 +1

Practising Catholic/Praticant Catholic

Philippe ROUSSEAU

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Possible typo - RC - Roman Catholic

Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3

Grading comment

I believe that it possibly stands for “Philippine Catholic” but, since I am not sure, I decided to leave it just as “Catholic”.
Many thanks to all of you for your help.
Manuel

38 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

pc profesión cristiana (Christian)

Explanation:
Another possibility. In some countries "Christian" is used to denote the difference between religious without more details. www.corazones.org/doc/catecismo/1_indice.htm
El Catecismo completo para su computadora. CATEQUESIS ... SEGUNDA SECCIÓN: LA PROFESIÓN DE LA FE CRISTIANA #185; www.doctrinacristiana.org/doctrina/islam.htm
En Europa, el islam es la segunda religión más profesada después del cristianismo. 2 DOCTRINA ISLÁMICA Las dos fuentes fundamentales de la doctrina y la ...

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

AllegroTrans: profesión cattolica?// indeed but my son has just come back from there after a 1 year stay and reports that English is the official language everywhere so I rather doubt if either of us are correct about this

3 hrs

-> Thanks, AllegroTrans. It would be nice to have a comment from someone in the Philippines on this answer!

agree

eski

10 hrs

-> Cheers and thanks, eski.

agree

Phong Le

20 hrs

-> Cheers and thanks, Phong.

agree

fourth: I and my fellow Phillipinos agree mihija I just wish that I too were 21, Jenni. Me Scorpio. 13/11

1 day5 hrs

-> Thanks and please send my regards to your Philippine friends. I will think of you all on Wednesday when I celebrate my birthday with a bottle of French wine I've been keeping aside for the right occasion.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

pc Practising Catholic/Praticant Catholic

Explanation:
Voir http://www.reverso.net/translationresults.aspx?lang=FR&direc...

Philippe ROUSSEAU
France
Native speaker of:

French

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

pc Presbyterian Church

Explanation:
Nothing to do with Catholicism, but this is another possibility to bear in mind.

An internet search for "religion : presbyterian church" gets about 150 000 g-hits.

Reference: http://gapcp.org/

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of:

English

22 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

pc Politically Correct

Explanation:
Political correctness and religion www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs/misc/pc-and-religion.html

oraki
Local time: 06:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Farsi (Persian)

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Nov 11, 2011 - Changes made by Manuel Cedeño Berrueta:
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