"And, I might add, daringly, from which group is the person making the statement. That is,
if I see the word Papist, I am instantly sure that it is a Protestant deriving from some firebrand, seethingly
resentful English denomination."
Certainly not! Go here and look at point 8 of the Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs (1848) in Greek:
http://www.agioskosmas.gr/sindesmos.asp ... artid=4614
Then go here and look at it in English:
http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/encyc_1848.aspx
In Greek it is Παπισταὶ for papists. It was a common term, used in official documents of the Orthodox Church in the 19th century when speaking about the Vatican and it's subservient bodies. In all official documents, the Orthodox Church has refused to even countenance the Vatican with the name 'Catholic' in any manner. Even the term 'Roman Catholic' is not used. While, it may be better in individual conversation to say 'Roman Catholic' rather than 'Papist', this is only a convention; strictly speaking, it seems, the term 'Papist' has been used by the Church to describe the Vatican communion. Even the 1895 Encyclical of the Church of Constantinople castigated the Papists, as well, Papists:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1895 ... clical.asp
Certainly you've seen the icons where St. Mark of Ephesus is depicted as saying "Flee from the Papists!"
In Christ,
Fr. Enoch