First used to describe
The term "Catholic", derived from the Greek word , which means "universal" or "general", was first used to describe the Church in the early.
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The combination "the Catholic Church" (he katholike ekklesia) is found for the first time in the letter of St Ignatius, written about the year 110.
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Wheresoever the bishop shall appear, there let the people be, even as where Jesus may be, there is the universal [katholike] Church."
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