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Word games. Not interested. The seat of the church was in Rome and they made a very big deal about that, so it is the Roman Catholic Church as opposed to the Greek church or the Russian Church. It is the church emanating from Rome per the fraudulent 'Donation of Constantine'.

The Greek Orthodox Church as kosta described has a Metropolitan as it's head. Ditto for the Russian (I think), hence they are in charge of their national Churches. In opposition you have the Patriarch of Alexandria who is the Patriarch of all of Africa. And you have the Pope who is the Patriarch of the West -- ALL of the West outside the other Patriarchates inthe East.

Have you heard of the Catholic Maronite Church by any chance? You do know that the head of That Church is an equal with the Pope? And yes that IS part of The Church.

The Catholic Church consists of all of these, the RCC was an exonym that protesting groups gave to the Mother Church and it is wrong. The correct term is CAtholic Church or simply The Church.

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The Catholic church sees Rome as supreme. The Orthodox, while similar in much doctrine is NOT the same as the Roman Catholic church. The Orthodox, while sometimes a persecutor itself was also persecuted by Rome and others as they are being today. They have supported Roman primacy off and on (more on than off today). The Western churches were largely persecuted by the Roman Catholic institution - not the Orthodox. ROMAN because the seat of that institution is in Rome.

http://www.staycatholic.com/ecf_primacy_of_rome.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm

http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/michael_theschism.htm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2056515.ece