What's the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Catholic Church?

Answer 1

What's the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Catholic Church?

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The Holy Catholic Church mentioned in scripture and in the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed etc. is the universal church as founded by Jesus and the Apostles.

The Roman Catholic Church is the Roman version of the church, founded by the Emporer Constantine to unite his Empire under one standard religion.

To make it acceptable to the many and varied nationalities and beliefs, over a 1,500 year period, names, customs and practices from many different religions were "christianised" and grafted onto to Christianity. It has been estimated that 70% - 80% of the doctrines and ceremonies of the Roman Church have come straight from Non-Christian religions including Pagans and Idol worshippers.

Because Rome ruled the known world, their version of the faith became the largest and most influential and Christians who disputed Rome's version were branded as "heretics" by the authorities and persecuted and discriminated against.

Answer 2

The Holy Catholic Church comprises various rites of the Catholic Church, one of which is the Latin Rite (The Roman Catholic Church).

However, you should be aware that there is also a schismatic "Holy Catholic Church" that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church after Vatican II. They refer to themselves as the Holy Catholic Church, and they even have their own Pope and everything.

Answer 3

Actually there are over 20 different Catholic Churches that make up the worldwide Holy Catholic Church.

In addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same worldwide Catholic Church.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic - Pope is the head of the church with the title
VICAR OF CHRIST

Holy Catholic - Christ is the Head of the church in theory and not always in practice !!! With an honest heart we all should do our best to bring glory to the Head of the church !!! If we would let the Holy Spirit do His job thru us and get self interest out of the way the word HOLY would take on greater significance !!!

Answer 5

Some non-Roman churches also call themselves Catholic, incl. some of the Orthodox ones. This is because Catholic means Universal, and they all claim to be Universal.

Answer 6

...It sounds like a "play on wording"... The word "Catholic" means "universal"... the word Holy is an ancient Hebrew word meaning "separate"...(but in a very "religious" way).

The Church of Rome (The Roman Catholic Church) etc. etc.
is governed by an "elected" man of whom their followers believe to be "infallible"....a direct contraction of Scripture. and...they refer to him as the "Holy Father" which is as close to Blasphemy as anyone dare to get...(see Scripture, Matthew, chapter 23 vs 9)...but they just "skip over" that part of Scripture... The Roman Church, has over the centuries written dogma and doctrines far outside the parameters of Scripture in order to keep their believers in "religious bondage"... "they" give their "Priests" special powers (against Scripture) to preform acts and "religious gymnastics" that rival that of "David Copperfield"... Read the Scriptures not the dogmas, bulls and doctrines of a church that took the Words of Jesus to fit their "religion"... by the way, the first "9" Popes (which is a pagan title) were Jews and then "they" broke away from the True Way to establish what has evolved into today's Roman Church... (You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free).

Answer 7

Is humanity ready to hear the truth ?
No matter what is the questions or the answers and no matter what we think we are or what we thinks about who we are ,meaning either prisoner or the warden , rich or poor, you eat meat or beans you love or you hate you except or reject ,leftist or rightist , black or white ,religious or atheist, and all other species living with us on planet earth and beyond which we all share a common bond that's we are really one ,but there is a down side to our existence a hidden secret which kept from us and they continue to suppress the truth and to protect their system of deception from crumbling , and humanity will be free ,but are you really wants to know ,are you ready , I hope so ,and I hope SO called man in authority read it and TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE GAME IS AGAINST ALL OF US , HERE COMES THE TRUTH MY FRIENDS THAT WE ALL LIVING ON THIS PLANET AS A GUINE PIGS , LIKE REALLY ANIMAL FARM FOR EXPERIMENTS. PURE AND SIMPLE LABORATORY

Answer 8

Salam

I am interested in seeing the results Al hamdoullah the people of the book are protected by thier books inshAllah there is great wisdom in their leaders to show the peace and clean proof of our brotherhood and sisterhood unto thee and one anther from The Lord Allah SWT Amin Thank God!

Answer 9

"Catholic Church"

So redundant, Catholic literally means "the church"

The church church LOL

Sorry, I don't know the answer

Answer 10

whats the difference between christians and catholics, actually thats a good question!