why are Roman catholics ROMAN?

Question

any particular reason behind the word ROMAN catholics?

Answer 1

In the early catholic church there was a great division between followers of two different Popes in two different locations. One in Rome, the other in Constantinople. The reason for using the word "Roman" was to distinguish between the two.

Answer 2

The Roman rite is one of many rites in Catholicism:
"RITES

A Rite represents an ecclesiastical, or church, tradition about how the sacraments are to be celebrated. Each of the sacraments has at its core an essential nature which must be satisfied for the sacrament to be confected or realized. This essence - of matter, form and intention - derives from the divinely revealed nature of the particular sacrament. It cannot be changed by the Church. Scripture and Sacred Tradition, as interpreted by the Magisterium, tells us what is essential in each of the sacraments (2 Thes. 2:15).

When the apostles brought the Gospel to the major cultural centers of their day the essential elements of religious practice were inculturated into those cultures. This means that the essential elements were clothed in the symbols and trappings of the particular people, so that the rituals conveyed the desired spiritual meaning to that culture. In this way the Church becomes all things to all men that some might be saved (1 Cor. 9:22).

There are three major groupings of Rites based on this initial transmission of the faith, the Roman, the Antiochian (Syria) and the Alexandrian (Egypt). Later on the Byzantine derived as a major Rite from the Antiochian, under the influence of St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom. From these four derive the over 20 liturgical Rites present in the Church today. "

Answer 3

The church was established as part of the Roman empire under the emperor Constantine and the governing body was predominately comprised of Roman citizens. The religion was sanctioned by the emperor as a new sect to become part of the established Roman multi God religion. It was always the policy of the Romans to assimilate various cultures or groups into the empire to make the conquest of new lands more palatable to the inhabitants. The Christian religion had become a thorn in the side of the empire, so it was simply assimilated. The church didn't become independent of the Government authority until after the slow dissolution and demise of the Roman Empire over many centuries. The Roman Catholic Church is and always will be deeply rooted in the culture, traditions, hierarchy and politics of the Roman Empire, hence "The Roman Catholic Church". The name refers to the Roman Empire, and not specifically to the city of Rome.

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Answer 4

Well, that's kind of like the "Calvinist" versus "Hyper-Calvinist" deal. People have made a semantic adaptation that helps them communicate a complex concept in a single symbol. Sure, technically, [C]atholicism is broader than the Latin Rite, although you must confess that the Latin Rite is the one most familiar to modern Western societies. Why is that? Could it be the absolute crushing dominance of the Italian Home Office with respect to the lesser traditions? Might you cut a little slack for those of us taking the 50,000 foot view of the matter? If tomorrow, the adjectival use of "Roman" to delineate [C]atholicism's core nucleus of doctrine were simply stopped, it would take no time at all for a new adjective to replace it, as the linguistic need for such a device is real and inescapable. I think something like "Papal Catholicism" might be an adequate replacement. In any event, history has created the identity you seek to rehabilitate by remarketing under a more neutral brand name, and natural language will fill any vacuum left behind by artificial word games used to suppress the negative associations of the Roman label.

Answer 5

Rome conquored Jerusalem.
Romans crucified rebels
The first Catholics were made around 400 years later, the seat of the pope was in Constantinople, where the Roman emperor had his throne (Constantine the Great) (who was Roman)
However, the first Catholics were Byzantine, of which today, there are at least 8 different branches, the Greek, the Egyptian, the Messina(sp) the Ukrainian, the Armenian, (except they were called like, "Ruthenian", "Coptic" (The Roman name for these ancient civilizations.) After the fall of Jerusalem, the "gentiles" and "infidels" were driven out of the "Holy Land", so the pope (I forget who it was at the time) made his seat in Rome. Italy at the time did not exist as a country. Each city was a kingdom of its own.

Answer 6

The Catholic Church has consistently referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD, when the term appears in the writings of St. Ignatius of Antioch

The term "Roman" Catholic is rather recent.

The new Anglican Church in England started using the term “Roman” in the 1500s as one of many ways of demeaning and demonizing Catholics.

Catholics accepted this late coming adjective without too much protest. Today “Catholic” and “Roman Catholic” are interchangeable terms. Both terms are even used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The term “Roman” neither increases nor decreases the faith, hope and love of the Catholic Church.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

The emperor Constantine wanted to form a religion in connection with christianity. So it would suit and join all the different pagan religions throughout the Roman emperor empire, with all their different pagan gods and goddesses. Since constantine who saw that T shape, modified christian belief in his dream, he believed he had seen a sign from from the christian God. The only way he could bring them altogether was to mix up all the different pagans gods, customs and traditions.
From there it was called The Roman empire of religions or with the same meaning, catholism.

Answer 8

Protestants & Catholics are all part of the Holy Catholic church.
Roman Catholics follow the Roman doctrine and call themselves Roman Catholics. If you listen to news broadcasts they rarely say ROMAN Catholic because it offends them.

Answer 9

Because the Roman Catholic Church is based in Rome. As opposed to the Russian Orthodox & Greek Orthodox Churches... And of course the Church of England.

And if you read your History, you would know that the "Roman" Catholic Church almost relocated to France...

Answer 10

Because they have no leashes. Simply Roman around the neighborhood.