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As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"* - is described in the Oxford Dictionary as follows:
- ~Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or in accord with (a) this, (b) the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western, (c) the Latin Church after that separation, (d) the part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation, (e) any church (as the Anglican) claiming continuity with (b)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 7th edition (1982)
The term Catholicism is thus understood in different ways. Some understand it to refer to "the Church governed by the Bishop of Rome (ie. the Pope) and the bishops in communion with him," i.e. the Roman Catholic Church. However, other ancient Churches, such as the Oriental Orthodox Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East, each considers itself to be the Catholic Church.
There are also Churches that claim the quality of being "Catholic" according to the Nicene Creed and continuity with the early Church on the ground that their episcopate has apostolic succession. These include the Churches of the Anglican Communion Para. 39, May They All Be One, A Response of the House of Bishops of the Church of England to Ut Unum Sint, from * (accessed 23 May 2006) and the Old Catholic Church. There are also movements within the Anglican Church that affirm the central importance of Catholic doctrine, while maintaining an organisational separation from the Roman Catholic Church (see, for example, the Oxford Movement).
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Catholicism isn't
Hebrews10 (.) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:21:23 -0000
Catholicism isn't
dogmatic catholicism of the 13th century was not a cover for humanisim and capitalism!
MissMadLiza (Melissa Gustin) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:16:30 -0000
dogmatic catholicism of the 13th century was not a cover for humanisim and capitalism!
@TeresaKopec I've no doubt the NYT regards organized religion in general, and Catholicism in particular, as inimical to its worldview....
jstrevino (Joshua Treviño) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:09 -0000
@TeresaKopec I've no doubt the NYT regards organized religion in general, and Catholicism in particular, as inimical to its worldview....
@allahpundit Any reason 2 think Rodriguez was motivated by Catholicism is just u try'n 2 change th subject?~~>@hater4real is back Peddling
twiggyoh (IRISH GIRL COLLEEN) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:28:38 -0000
@allahpundit Any reason 2 think Rodriguez was motivated by Catholicism is just u try'n 2 change th subject?~~>@hater4real is back Peddling
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