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To: Proud2BAmerican
(pssst: it's called "The Catholic Church")

Which Catholic Church. Full name please.
3,019 posted on 10/26/2001 8:39:20 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE
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To: OLD REGGIE
(pssst: it's called "The Catholic Church")

Which Catholic Church. Full name please.

I hate to break this to you Reggie, but the full name of the Catholic Church is "the Catholic Church." Like I told you yesterday, the Anglicans started using the term "Roman" as a slur mostly to distinguish their alleged "Catholic" Church from the true Catholic Church.

SD

3,024 posted on 10/26/2001 8:44:31 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: OLD REGGIE
History lesson for you ;-)

Church accrued the name "Catholic" (catolikos) in response to many other people claiming to be Christians. It became necessary to differentiate orthodox Christianity from the various sects and heresies that were (and have been since her founding in 33AD) springing up. It means "universal."

Roman Catholic was a term that originally was used pejoratively, by Anglicans, to denote those Christians who remained in union with the Bishop of Rome, as opposed to those who split off under the reign of King Henry VIII (who were called "Anglican Catholics").

Roman Catholic is not an official name of the Catholic Church. Over time it has become understood to connote those who remain loyal and obedient to the Bishop of Rome, but if you check "Roman" Catholic church documents, they are always addressed to "The Catholic Church." (Even the catechism is called "The Catechism of the Catholic Church.")

There are different "rites" within the Catholic Church -- Latin and Byzantine, to name 2 of the more familiar ones. I'm sure there are others, but I'm not familiar with other rites besides the Latin. However, all these rites are still in union with Rome.

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Anyway, I'm still waiting for you to provide me with more information on those exerpts from Augustine -- have you missed my previous 2 messages where I requested them? If so, not to worry -- just a reminder. Thanks ahead of time.

3,309 posted on 10/27/2001 5:35:52 PM PDT by Proud2BAmerican
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