I read a lot of questions about the Catholic Church. Here’s a little information: The word “Catholic” is not a name or a denomination, although in modern society it usually refers to us “Catholics”, or “Roman Catholics” if you like. It comes from the Greek word katolikos, a combination of kato & holos, meaning “pertaining to” “the whole”. The Bible speaks of individual churches in Corinth or Rome, but also speaks of THE Church – the Body of Christ. It is in this sense that the Church is Catholic - "Whole". The Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.) That’s the short of it all. Comments anyone?
2007-08-06
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