The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase καθόλου 'on the whole, according to the whole, in general', and is a combination of the Greek words κατά 'about' and ὅλος 'whole'. The first known use of
The first use of the term "Catholic Church" (literally meaning "universal church") was by the Church Father Ignatius of Antioch in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans (circa 110 AD). Ignatius of Antioch is also attributed the earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" (Greek: Χριστιανισμός) in 100 AD He died in Rome, with his relics located in the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano.
The first use of the term "Catholic Church" (literally meaning "universal church") was by the Church Father Ignatius of Antioch (c. 50–140) in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans (circa 110 AD). He died in Rome, with his relics located in the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano.
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, fresco at an Orthodox church
The Four Marks of the Church, also known as the Attributes of the Church, describe four distinctive adjectives of traditional Christian ecclesiology as expressed in the Nicene Creed completed at the F
Catholic (term)
…Christian religion, as well as the Nicene Creed of AD 381. In particular, along with unity, sanctity, and apostolicity, catholicity is considered one of Four Marks of the Church, found in the line of the Nicene Creed: "I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church." Some denominations using other forms of church polity…
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine, accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325), holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381
"One Church", illustration of Article 7 of the Augsburg Confession