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Catholic is actually a word that means universal and was used when the church was first established as the "universal" church.
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St. Ignatious of Antioch Letter to the Smyrnaeans (Smyrna), in or about 110 AD, is the first recorded evidence/documentidentifying the Christian church as "The Catholic Church." Polycarp, in or about 155 AD would also use the term "Catholic Church" in his writings. Many others would follow.
For an extensively documented & authoritative Catholic explanation of the term "catholic" please see: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03449a.htm
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe first instance that historians have found of someone referring to the "Catholic Church" is in Ignatius of Antioch's Letter to the Smyrneans, where he writes, "Let no one do anything of concern to the Church without the bishop. Let that be considered a valid Eucharist which is celebrated by the bishop or by one whom he ordains [i.e., a presbyter]. Wherever the bishop appears, let the people be there; just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
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∙ 12y agoThe Roman Catholic Church has then be called "Catholic" since, at the latest, the very early second century.
The word "catholic" comes from the Greek adjective (katholikos), meaning "universal." When spelled with a capital C it designates the Roman Catholic Church which has allegiance to the Pope, who Catholics believe is the representative of Christ on earth.
One of the earliest records of the term "catholic church" is in a letter written in 106 by Ignatius of Antioch, who was martyred for his faith and is now considered by Catholics to be a Saint. In it, he uses the term to designate the whole church, the universal church. Catholics today believe that in that in his time, the only religions who believed in Jesus Christ were the "Catholic Church," and were known more commonly has Christians who all claimed allegiance to the Pope. They believe there were also heretics, who disagreed on points in the Catholic Church's doctrine and persisted in their errors. Ignatius says that these heretics, who did not believe all the Pope taught yet still believed in Jesus Christ as their Savior, were not to be considered a part of the "Catholic Church."
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∙ 12y ago'Catholic Church' first appears in writing in the year 106 in writings of St. Ignatius of Antioch. If it was part of the common vocabulary before then we do not know.
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∙ 13y agoCalling the Church catholic originated with Saint Ignatius of Antioch in AD 106 in the city of Smyrna where he sent the "Letter to the Smyrnaeans".
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