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The word Catholic is derived from the Greek adjective (katholikos), meaning "universal".(cf. In the context of Christian ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages. For some, the term "Catholic Church" refers to the church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, made up of the Latin Rite and the 22 Eastern Catholic Churches; this is the common usage in most countries. Protestants sometimes use the term "Catholic Church" to refer to all believers in Jesus Christ across the world and the ages, regardless of "denominational" affiliation . The Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans and some Methodists believe that their churches are catholic in the sense that they are in continuity with the original universal church founded by the Apostles. Both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches believe that their church is the only original and universal church. In "Catholic Christendom" (including the Anglican Communion), bishops are considered the highest order of ministers within the Christian religion, as shepherds of unity in communion with the whole church and one another.F.L. Cross, Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 1977:175. Catholicity is considered one of Four Marks of the Church, the others being unity, sanctity, and apostolicity. Christliche Religion, Oskar Simmel Rudolf Stählin, 1960, 150 according to the Nicene Creed of 381: "I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church."
History of ecclesiastical use of "catholic"
Ignatius of Antioch
A letter written by Ignatius to Christians in Smyrna around 106 is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term Catholic Church (Letter to the Smyrnaeans, 8). By Catholic Church Ignatius designated the universal church in communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). Ignatius considered that certain heretics of his time, who disavowed that Jesus was a material being who actually suffered and died, saying instead that "he only seemed to suffer" (Smyrnaeans, 2), were not real read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic
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