Show the word catholic the word catholic was first used in the apostles creed when it says and one holy catholic apostolic church its next use was bylina tius who is said to have been an apostle of st john ignatius succeeded as bishop of antioch and suffered martyrdom in the year A if he used the word in ahls sentence wherever jesus christ is there is the catholic church st augustine AT D says the very name of catholic holds me in the church the world is from kata in or through and olous the whole |