What is the difference between Catholic and Roman Catholic?

Answer 1

The Metropolitan Church is a Protestant denomination made up of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and communities. The Catholic Church is not.

Answer 2

Catholics, with a capital C, are members of the Catholic Church, in communion with the pope.

Roman Catholics are those Catholics who are specifically members of the Latin Church - a particular church within the Catholic communion - which follows the Roman Rite. Not only are they in communion with the pope, but he is the 'patriarch' or primate of the Latin Church. 99% of Catholics are Roman Catholic.

Jesuits are a religious order within the Catholic Church, started within the Roman Catholic Church. There are about 20,000 Jesuits, making it the largest of the nearly 2500 religious orders in the Church. They are the only order with vows of obedience directly to the pope, and known for their intellectual discipline, education and missionary activity.

Answer 3

Within Catholicism there are variations. The primary Catholic branch, that is most known and recognized is the Roman Catholic Church. Then there is the Old Catholic Church which split from Rome after Vatican I because of its declarations on papal infallibility. After The Old Catholics broke from Rome many schism churches broke off from them becoming known as "independent Catholic Churches." Anglicans (Episcopalians) also recognize themselves as being 'Catholic' despite that they are a Church that broke ties with Rome during the 16th Century Reformation. Anglicans (Episcopalians) still retain the Catholic sacraments and theology of the priesthood and the Eucharist and maintain their 'ancient Catholic heritage'. Many Anglicans/Episcopalians are often dubbed as 'Anglo-Catholic'.

Roman Catholics are Catholic, just like all squares are rectangles. The differences between Eastern Catholics (i.e. Orthodox) and Western Catholics are mainly variations in liturgy. The Orthodox consider themselves Catholic, with their main grievance being the pope's hegemony: they believe that the Catholic Church requires equal patriarchs and that the Church is in a state of violence until Rome ceases from its insistence that it is the dominant see.

Catholic AnswerThere is no difference between Catholic and Roman Catholic, they are two terms that describe the same thing. The "Roman" part just indicates that the Vicar of Christ, St. Peter, and his successors, reside in Rome. Unfortunately, the term "Roman Catholic" is not used by the Church itself as it first commonly came into use by protestants in England after the protestant revolt. Catholic describes the Church that Jesus Christ founded on Peter. He guaranteed that it would be One until the end of time. Yes, there are many others who claim the word "Catholic" to describe themselves, but it is obvious to one and all that they have broken away from the "ONE" and are no longer in communion with the Bishop of Rome: two necessary items to be a genuine Christian following Christ. As Jesus, Himself, said: He who hears you, hears ME. The only possible "branch" that one could talk about with regard to the "Catholic" Church is the Orthodox. They, unlike most other modern religions, are Catholic in that they have a genuine priesthood; but they are in schism, and have been for nearly a thousand years. AnswerAfter the Great Schism of 1054, both branches of Christianity considered themselves as 'Catholic' (as well as 'Orthodox'), so the western branch became known as the Roman Catholic Church, after its main centre. However, many modern Catholics dislike the term 'Roman Catholic', as 'Catholic' alone means 'universal' whereas 'Roman Catholic' may imply less than universal. So, in general usage, the Roman Catholic Church is often referred to as just the Catholic Church.

Answer 4

There is no difference between Roman Catholic and Catholic.

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However, if you see the word 'catholic' with a small 'c' (such as in the Apostles' Creed) this word means 'universal'. However, when you see 'Catholic' or 'Roman Catholic' this refers to the Catholic (universal) Church that recognises the Pope as its leader.

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They are sometimes used to describe the same thing, all of the churches all over the world that are in full communion with Rome. But Roman Catholic can also specifically refer to the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, in popular speech, although not technically correct.

Answer 5

The word "catholic" means universal.

In religion there are several "catholics"

1. Roman Catholic

2.Greek Orthodox

3.Russian Orthodox

Catholic AnswerActually, the difference is that a Catholic is a person who belongs to the Catholic Church whereas a "Roman Catholic" is a slur that became current in England after the protestant revolt and has become so common that it is used by many in the English speaking world, even Catholics without knowing that it is a not very nice term.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

Christianity is the religion of, the body of faith and morals taught by, the Catholic Church of Christ. The word may be properly extended to include the religious systems of the dissident Eastern -churches and of some Protestant bodies. The current popular use of the word in an ethical, subjective sense, is to be deplored: it is stripping it of all objective or historical connotations.

Roman Catholic A name used by many English-speaking non-Catholics for members of the Catholic Church, as a qualification of their exclusive right to be called Catholic, of whatever rite, looks to Rome as the centre of the Church and the seat of her supreme pontiff and head, the expression in itself is unobjectionable and is in fact sometimes employed by them, especially in certain countries of Europe. But its use by Catholics is unnecessary and, having regard to its connotation for many non-Catholics, sometimes to be avoided.

Catholic I. The word is derived from Greek and simply means universal. In combination with the word "church" it essentially merely indicates one of the marks of the Church, and was so used by St. Ignatius at the beginning of the 2nd century; but in the course of history it has come to be the distinguishing epithet of the Church of Christ and his faith: under other circumstances its place might have been taken by "apostolic" or "one." The use of the word in this distinguishing way became current and common in England only from the middle of the 16th century. In some mediaeval translations of the Creed unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam ecclesiam is rendered "one holy apostolic church general."

ii. A Catholic is any person who, having been baptized, does not adhere to a non-Catholic religion or perform any act with the intention or effect of excluding himself from the Church. A "good Catholic" is one who practises his religion to the best of his ability.

iii. Catholics normally call themselves Catholics without qualification, and are distinguished by the name alike in West and East; except for a body of High Anglicans, no other Christians use the name as a distinguishing title. But Catholics of the Byzantine rite sometimes calls themselves Greek Catholics, Chaldeans are so called, and Maronites always refer to themselves simply as Maronites - they avoid the name Catholic for the good reason that there is no such thing as a Maronite who is not a Catholic, and because in Syria the epithet particularly designates a Catholic Melkite.

iv. As an adjective, Catholic in this special sense should only be used of subjects of which Catholicity is predicable, e.g., a man as man, a church, building, or catechism. To speak of a Catholic artist or grocer, Catholic poetry or truth is inaccurate and misleading: an artist or grocer who is a Catholic is a Catholic as a man (and this without reference to whether he paints only ecclesiastical pictures or supplies cheese only to the clergy); poetry may deal with a Catholic theme or be written by a poet who is a Catholic, but is not by that fact anything but poetry; truth is truth and it is improper to call the truth about the Catholic Church, Catholic truth; (cf., Catholic arithmetic, a Wesleyan judge, Quaker music, and, particularly, Catholic culture).

Answer 6

Roman Catholicism is referring to the actual Catholic faith itself that people practice. The world 'catholic' actually means 'universal'. For example, when people say, "the Holy catholic church," in the Apostles Creed, it means the whole church, the universal Christian faith.

Answer 7

There isn't a difference between being a catholic and being a roman catholic. Not any I'm familiar with. People state catholics because it is short for Roman Catholic. But in the Apostles Creed in the end we state we believe in the holy catholic church....

Another Answer:

Catholic means universal. It is a term originally applied to the early Christian church, of which the Roman Catholic Church was only one of seven, i.e. the Church of Rome.

Yes, Catholic is often used to refer to Roman Catholic, but it is not really the same thing.

The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutheran, some Methodists, and the Anglicans also call themselves Catholic.

There are many other churches (Protestant, Reformation, post-Reformation, etc.) that also consider themselves Catholic, but generally refrain from using the term due to probable misunderstanding.

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Answer 8

Nothing.. Catholicism is a religion, an Irish Catholic is someone who has roots, family a link with Ireland.