In other words, its a verb when we want it to be and a noun when its convenient as well. Ho hum.
"Catholic heresy" is an oxymoron.
Catholicism is not a denomination.
In other words, its a verb when we want it to be and a noun when its convenient as well. Ho hum.
OK, Steven I let you do this twice, but I'll have to clear this up for anyone else who may be reading. You mean to say "adjective" not "verb." Adjectives modify nouns. "Catholic" is an adjective which morphed into a proper noun (the "name" of a thing) through use. Much like in "stick shift" "stick" started as a description, an adjective describing the type of shift, but is now all more or less one one noun. Stick shift.
The useage of "catholic" meaning "universal" started, as I said, only in opposition to heresey. Without being challenged the Church needs no name. It simply is the Church. The Church thus adopted its descriptive adjective as its "name."
Every other church picked a name to oppose itself to the universal church. They literally de-nominated (to give a name to) themselves. The original Church remains. Universal. Catholic. Not denominated.
SD