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What does the word 'Catholic' mean?


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In this episode of Saints and Skeptics we ask "What does the word "Catholic" really mean? What's the difference between the words “Roman Catholic” and just “Catholic”?  How is the word “Catholic” different from the word "Christian"? 


Lets find out! 



Citations from this episode:

  • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catholic
  • https://canonlaw.ninja/?nums=830&v=ccc
  • https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1405.htm
  • https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/pacian_1_letter1.htm
  • https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.vi.iii.html
  • https://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxintro.htm
  • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2028&version=NABRE
  • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2016&version=NABRE
  • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%203&version=NABRE
  • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%207&version=NABRE
  • https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm
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Saints and SkepticsBy Joseph Raphael Pascal