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Originally Posted by ISUKappa
According to dicionary.com, one of the definitions of catholic is
so the catechism may be referring to the ancient undivided church as opposed to the Roman Catholic church. I know in our hymnals (LCMS Lutheran) there's a footnote in the Apostle's Creed where it states the word Christian in one spot used to be catholic. I believe other denominations still use the term catholic when they recite the creed.
Or maybe Roman Catholics are really that self-centered.  |
Even if they are referring to the "undivided church," I'm pretty sure that Jesus didn't come to earth to form a church. I think Jesus was more concerned about people's salvation than "hey let me create a church and then name the followers after myself"
I agree with your last point thought! lol