Chaldean or Assyrian Catholics?

Excellent article. A good read.

In short, Chaldeans are ethnic Assyrians (whether they like it or not). Their church is called "Chaldean". And they erroneously identify themselves with that name.
 
Neon said:
Excellent article. A good read.

In short, Chaldeans are ethnic Assyrians (whether they like it or not). Their church is called "Chaldean". And they erroneously identify themselves with that name.
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I'm Chaldean and not only do I acknowledge that I'm an ethnic Assyrian, I'm extremely proud of it.

But yeah, a lot of people tend to deviate from that label.
 
Mr. Tambourine Man said:
I'm Chaldean and not only do I acknowledge that I'm an ethnic Assyrian, I'm extremely proud of it.

But yeah, a lot of people tend to deviate from that label.
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We need more and more Chaldeans like you (and Assyrian Nationalist, who is a Chaldean Catholic and also proud to be ethnically Assyrian). ;)
 
How many people from the chaldean church claim they are chaldean and not assyrian? everyone in my family calls themselves assyrian
 
Kebabs?s said:
How many people from the chaldean church claim they are chaldean and not assyrian? everyone in my family calls themselves assyrian
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Are you a (Chaldean) Catholic too?
 
mrzurnaci said:
I wonder what Buddhist Assyrians would be called lol
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Certainly not a dumb question.  Assyrians (Middle Eastern people in general) find it hard to distinguish between an ethnicity and a religion, almost like each ethnicity has a contract to be a certain religion. 

Roberto Baggio is Italian and also Buddhist and converting to Buddhism did not change the fact that he is Italian.
 
Kebabs?s said:
How many people from the chaldean church claim they are chaldean and not assyrian? everyone in my family calls themselves assyrian
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That is a great question. Unfortunately the majority claim they are not Assyrian.

I would put the percentage of those who acknowledge that they are indeed Assyrian is around 30-40%? And then there are those who know but can't admit it of course.

ASHOOR
 
ASHOOR said:
That is a great question. Unfortunately the majority claim they are not Assyrian.

I would put the percentage of those who acknowledge that they are indeed Assyrian is around 30-40%? And then there are those who know but can't admit it of course.

ASHOOR
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Lol I'd say that this applies to the rest of them.
 
Crocodile Bani said:
Certainly not a dumb question.  Assyrians (Middle Eastern people in general) find it hard to distinguish between an ethnicity and a religion, almost like each ethnicity has a contract to be a certain religion. 

Roberto Baggio is Italian and also Buddhist and converting to Buddhism did not change the fact that he is Italian.
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impossible, I've already defined what the Assyrian ethnicity entails in my book.
 
Kebabs?s said:
Yes arent most assyrians from that church?
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I thought most Assyrians belong to the Ancient Church of the east?

In here, 21000 of us are Nestorian and 9000 are Catholics.
 
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