Universal church
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The phrase universal church can refer to:
- the Church Universal:
- A translation of catholic as in "catholic church". Used most likely in the first century "Catholic" (translated from the Greek 'Katholicos') means 'universal.' Today this church is commanly referred to as The Roman Catholic Church.
- The idea that all Christian churches and sects share certain things in common
- The idea that all Christians form part of a single body. This idea had more organisational force in pre-Reformation Western Europe, when the Roman Catholic Church dominated the local religious landscape. Note that the original etymological form of the word catholic meant "universal".
- The Roman Catholic Church specifically
- Part of one of the titles of the Pope, the bishop of Rome: The Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church.
- The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, a neopentecostal religion currently growing very quickly in Latin America.
- An invisible body of believers from all over the world from the beginning of Act 15 up to now who are either on Earth or Heaven, believers are defined as those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their own personal Lord and Saviour.
The precise definition of what constitutes a Christian, though intrinsic to these distinctions, often remains a matter for dispute.
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