Sometimes we miss the meaning because we reject the terminology. Take the word “catholic” it is actually a way to refer to the whole church of Jesus Christ, deriving from two Greek words, kata and holos, which together mean “according to the whole.” The term is usually translated in Protestant churches as “universal,” but this does not quite do justice to its richness. “Catholic” means that the church exists in every nation where the gospel has spread. Second-century church father Ignatius of Antioch wrote that “wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” (Epistle to the Smyrneans 8)
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 11:40:42 +0000
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