Does the word Catholic mean "universal" or....?

Question

"IC" pretaining to----"HOLI" the holy---"A" Augustus "C" Caesar
Don't kid yourselves. there are some things the pope has determined you do not need to know. He belives the truth will set you free and will confuse the faithful.

Answer 1

Katholikós is greek for Universal, as in a universal church, united by religion. It became Catholic over time.

Answer 2

The Church has referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 C.E. (about 10 years after the last book of the New Testament was written), when the Greek term "Katholikos" (meaning universal) appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:

"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html

We do not know how long they had been using the term "Catholic" before it was included in this letter.

All of this was long before the Council of Nicea and the Nicene Creed from 325 C.E. which states, "We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church."

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07644a.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

Catholic means universal.

Answer 4

You playing scrabble or something? Catholic is a Latin word meaning universal. Please stick to the board game if you're going to post foolishness like this.