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Why is a church called church?
The English word 'church' can mean a building used for Christian worship, or it can mean the congregation, the collective body of Christian worshippers, either globally or those that regularly meet...
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Why the church is called the Roman Catholic Church?
It's called the Roman Catholic Church to distinguish it from the Anglican (or in America the Episcopal) Church which is called The Holy Catholic Church.
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How did the Church come to be called the Catholic Church?
The 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...
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Why is the catholic church called the western church?
Years and Years ago the Christian Church had an argument and They split up into western and eastern Churches. The western is Catholic and the eastern is orthodox Christians...
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When did the Catholic Church start being called the Catholic Church?
The word "Catholic" comes from the Greek adjective (katholikos), meaning "universal," and is now most commonly used to designate the Roman Catholic Church, which is spread throughout the world,...