๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐: '...๐จ๐ง๐ž, ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก....'

A comment on the word 'catholic'. It's easy to think this refers in some way to the Roman Catholic church with a capital C. It doesn't.

But its meaning is also more than simply 'Universal' i.e. all believers in Christ, whether Catholic, Protestant, or Orthodox, The problem, even with this, is that Universal can suggest an 'us' and 'them' as if the church is to be distinct, separate, or cut off from the world.

It's more subtle, or richer than that. It really means (kata) 'throughout' the (holos) 'whole' like yeast in the ingredients, we are to be like Jesus in the world, not separate or superior or threatened but incarnate, doing our yeast thing.

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