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Roman Catholic (term)
The term "Roman Catholic" appeared in the English language at the beginning of the 17th century to differentiate members of the Catholic Church (in communion with the Pope) from other Christians who use the term "Catholic"; comparable terms in other languages already existed. Being "catholic" is one of the Four Marks of the Church set out in the Nicene Creed, a statement of belief accepted by many churches even if not in communion with the Pope.
In popular usage, "Roman Catholic Church" is usually understood to mean the same as "Catholic Church". The name has continued to be widely used in the English language ever since, although its usage has changed over the centuries.〔"Everyone claimed to be 'catholic' and 'evangelical' and (eventually) 'reformed', but now each of these became a denominational label. The name 'Roman Catholic' conjoined the universality of the church 'over the entire world' with the specificity of 'only one single see'" (()) Jaroslav Pelikan, 1985, ''The Christian Tradition: Volume 4, Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300–1700)'' (Section on The Roman Catholic Particularity). University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-65377-3 pages 245–246〕 The church widely known as the "Catholic Church" consists of 24 autonomous churches (all of which are subject to the Pope)— one "Western" and 23 "Eastern" — governed by two sets of codes of canon law.〔The latest Code of Canon Law for the Western Church was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1983 with the apostolic constitution ''Sacrae Disciplinae Leges'' () In contrast, the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, i.e., the other 23 churches which are not Latin, dates to 1990 http://www.intratext.com/X/ENG1199.HTM. Each Eastern church has its own additional canon law (cf. (Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 64). )〕 To refer to all 24 autonomous churches together, official church documents often use the term "Catholic Church" or, less frequently, the term "Roman Catholic Church".
"Roman Catholic" is used by some governments and scholars to refer to members of the majority Latin Church within the Catholic Church.〔 In compound forms such as "Roman Catholic worship" the term is sometimes used to differentiate Western (Latin Church) practices from Eastern. The usage of "Roman Catholic" to mean members of the Latin Church or Western Church to the exclusion of those who belong to the various Eastern Catholic churches does not appear in any recent document of the Holy See and popes have used the term "Roman Catholic Church" on various occasions throughout the 20th century to mean instead the whole church without exclusion of any part.〔See the quotes in the section on Papal references below.〕
==Origin and use of the term==
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