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| OsullivanB | Monday, 15. June 2009, 21:22 |
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The earliest recorded use of the Greek word "katholikos" that I can find is in Polybius (204 B.C. to 122 B.C.). The meaning is "general". It was, of course, adopted by the Church when it was unified to signify "universal" in pre-schismatic times. It was the Church that was catholic.the people would not have been Catholics but members of the church, only one of the marks of which was being catholic (others being holy, and apostolic). An episkopos is literally one who watches over, overseer (same scop as telescope). My understanding is that Mark reported the Aramaic word actually used by Jesus, and then translated it into the Greek in which the Gospel was written. He does this elsewhere in his Gospel uniquely among the evangelists. |
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