What is the Vatican church called?

Answer 1

The title, "The Roman Catholic Church" is the proper name for the supernatural institution founded by Jesus Christ as a vehicle of grace, teaching and ultimately salvation for the souls of mankind. It is also called "The Catholic Church" or "The Christian Church" or simply "The Church" and is the largest and oldest of any organized religion that refers to itself as Christian.

Addendum:

The term Roman Catholic was actually a derogatory term used primarily by Anglicans to distinguish 'their' so called Catholic Church from the Catholic Church that was united under the Pope in Rome.

Answer 2

You will not find the term Roman Catholic in any Church and or very rarely on any official documents stating " Roman Catholic " in the Church. According to the New Oxford Dictionary the term originated in the 1500's by then English Protestant's in order to define themselves as Catholics equal to Catholics of Latin Rites, at that time the term " Roman Catholic " was viewed with disfavor and disparaging.

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Catholic answerActually, it's not, except by some people out of ignorance, or Anglicans who believe that they are Catholics. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church. It is called the Catholic church because it is universal, that is the meaning of the word "catholic". It is called the Roman church because the Holy Father, as the representative of Jesus on earth, starting with Peter the Apostle, has always been in Rome. For some years in the fourteen century the Pope lived in France (or at least a claimant), but the center of the church was still considered Rome.

Answer 3

The Catholic Church has always been known as the Catholic Church since the late first century when it is referred to as such by St. Ignatius of Antioch in one of his letters. It is known as the Roman Catholic Church only in English speaking countries, the "Roman" started as a slur in England by the Anglicans after the protestant revolt as a way of referring to the Catholic Church, it is never used by the official Catholic Church.

Answer 4

The name is the Catholic Church. The term 'Roman' was a somewhat derogatory addition given by Protestant denominations to distinguish themselves from the 'Roman' Church. They still considered themselves as Catholics (they weren't) but not in union with the pope.

Answer 5

The corporate name, declared at the First Vatican Council (1870), is the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Roman Church.

Answer 6

The principal church in the Vatican is Saint Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the world.