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1. a. capitalized : roman catholic. Her son goes to a Catholic school. b. often capitalized : of, relating to, or forming the church universal. c. often capitalized : of, relating to, or forming the ancient undivided Christian church or a church claiming historical continuity from it. 2. : comprehensive, universal.
In the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all. For that is truly and in the strictest sense 'catholic,' which, as the name itself and the reason of the thing declare, comprehends all universally.
Catholic definition: broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.. See examples of CATHOLIC used in a sentence.
Catholicism is a Christian religion, a reformation of the Jewish faith that follows the teachings of its founder Jesus Christ. Like other Christian religions (and Judaism and Islam), it is also an Abrahamic religion; Catholics consider Abraham as the ancient patriarch. The current head of the church is the Pope, who resides in Vatican City.
The word catholic literally means "universal," as in " the universal church." It originally was applied to all Christians because we are all part of the universal church in the way that we are all members of the Body of Christ. The Latin word is catholicus, and in Greek it is katholikos, from the Greek phrase meaning "on the whole, according to ...
Roman Catholicism, Christian religion that has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. Along with Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism, it is one of the three major branches of Christianity.
The Greek roots of the term “Catholic” mean “according to (kata-) the whole (holos),” or more colloquially, “universal.” At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius the first surviving use of the term “Catholic” in reference to the Church.
catholic, (from Greek katholikos, “universal”), the characteristic that, according to ecclesiastical writers since the 2nd century, distinguished the Christian Church at large from local communities or from heretical and schismatic sects.
Catholics belong to a Christ-centered faith community that views Jesus Christ as the foundation. Catholics share Jesus’ vision and model their lives after Jesus’ example of love. Catholics are called to care for one another and to use their unique gifts and talents for the good of the community and the world.
I now realize that it is in the Catholic Church that we find the fullness of the faith and the visible, universal body of Christ. The Word Catholic Defined. Catholic comes from the Greek katholikos, the combination of two words, kata (concerning), and holos (whole).