2007-05-03 11:06:52 · 5 answers · asked by rehmeh2 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Catholic Church, or just "the Church" ("Roman" is a subset).
2007-05-03 11:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Roman Catholic Church.
2007-05-03 18:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the Catholic Church . There are different rites. What is known as the Roman Catholic Church is actually the Latin Rite.
Catholic means universal- or open to everyone.
2007-05-05 13:53:04 · answer #3 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all Catholics are Roman. There are 21 branches under the Holy See. Byzantines, Greek, Syriac, Syro-Malabar, yadda yadda. Roman is just the largest and most well known. So everyone assumes "the" church is the Roman Catholic Church. Not so.
THE name is Catholic Church. Not Roman Catholic. Catholic meaning "universal."
See here, the name of "the big rule book?"
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
"Catechism of the Catholic Church"
not Roman
The chapter on prayer was written by a Byzantine priest while he was in prison for being Catholic.
It's beautiful.
2007-05-03 18:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Church of Christ is a Protestant belief system and the Church of Jesus Christ is usual Mormon
2007-05-03 18:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋