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elsat | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Confusing! What is the purpose of adding “Catholic” when the Orthodox and Catholic schism exists?
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poetix | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It literally wasn’t added after the schism. Catholic means universal. That’s why Romans, Orthodox, and most Protestants all say “I believe in one holy catholic apostolic church” in the creed. Anglo-Catholics and old Catholics and orthodox Catholics are all *not* in communion with Roman Catholics. Romans have never owned the word Catholic they’re just the largest group.
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elsat | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Silberengel | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It's like how people from the USA are called "Americans",  but Canadians and etc. are also Americans.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_(disambiguation)