The Greek roots of the term "Catholic" mean "according
to (
kata-) the whole (
holos)," or more colloquially, "universal."
At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius
the first surviving use of the term "Catholic" in reference to the Church.
At that time, or shortly thereafter, it was used to refer to a single,
visible communion, separate from others.
The term "Catholic" is in the Apostles’, Nicene,
and Athanasian creeds, and many Protestants, claiming the te...
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