Okay kids: Time to clean up another mess you've been making.
The Catholic Church is NOT called the "Roman Catholic Church". The "Roman", or "Latin" (western) rite of the Church is just one of many. The rites that make up the Catholic Church include:
Roman, Armenian, Maronite, Byzantine, Chaldean, and others.
The Catholic Church is a communion of churches, with two common threads: Doctrine (teaching), and being in communion with Peter's succesor, the Bishop of Rome (pope).
Americans have little experience with any other rite other than the Roman rite, so they usually commit the error of calling the Church the "Roman Catholic Church." We simply call it the Catholic Church, or "The Church".
When we recite the creed, we say we believe in "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church", NOT "one, holy, ROMAN catholic, and apostolic Church."
Read more at: http://www.catholic.com/library/Pillar.asp
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2007-10-16
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