Catholic
Transliteration of the Greek "katholikos" which means "universal" or
"throughout the whole." The phrase "he katholike ekklesia" (the catholic church) was
first used by early Christian leaders (esp. Augustine) to denote the entire body
of believers as opposed to individual bodies.
The universal Christian church in the world today is technically catholic but
is called "Christian."which had its beginnings in the first century A.D.
The recognized "Catholic Church" with the various non-Christian traditions is
technically the church of Rome where the Pope is supreme Pontiff, which had its
beginnings in the 2nd - 4th Cent. A.D.