Talk:Roman Catholic (term)

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• In cases of dialogue with the churches and ecclesial communities of the west, however, who are in dialogue specifically with the Latin Church from which they derive, the term Roman Catholic is ambiguous whether it refers to the Latin Church specifically, or the entire Catholic communion, as in the dialogue with Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan on 29 April 1977,
• These exceptions prove the rule, however. The total usage by popes of "Catholic Church" rather than "Roman Catholic" is a factor of 10:1, according to the Holy See's website, and there is zero usage as such in official documents of papal magisterium in the last 66 years.
• Fifty years after Vatican II, one third of the Catholic church's 1.2 billion members lived in the Western world. With large contingent of the hierarchy, clergy, and laity from the non-Western world had led to further distancing from the term "Roman' within Catholic circles.
• The two earlier documents that the council stated had applied the phrase "Roman Church" to the Church itself, the church "governed by the successor of Saint Peter and by the bishops in communion with him," were the Tridentine Profession of Faith and the First Vatican Council's dogmatic constitution on faith. Not in source
• Other examples include occasional, minor addresses or lectures, usually written by minor curial staff.
• The name "Roman Catholic Church" is occasionally used by popes, bishops, other clergy and laity, who do not see it as opprobrious or having the suggested overtone.
• Scholarly debate on the proper form of reference to the Catholic Church within specific contexts continues. For instance, the Catechism of the Catholic Church does not contain the term "Roman Catholic Church", referring to the church only by names such as "Catholic Church" (as in its title).
• The last known magisterial use of "Roman Catholic Church" was Pope Pius XII in Humani generis who taught that "the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing". The Second Vatican Council would take a more nuanced view of this issue (Lumen gentium, 7–8).
• As far back as 1208 the adjective "Roman" was applied to the Church "outside which we believe that no one is saved." Considerable change in this doctrine on salvation is reflected by 1965 in the conciliar Declaration on Religious Freedom of the Second Vatican Council.
• While it typically refers to the Diocese of Rome, [clarification needed] such as in Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, it has also occurred in the context of ecumenical dialogue with dialogue partners preferring this usage

Signed –Zfish118^⋉talk 14:41, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

"Roman Catholic" and "Roman Rite Catholic"

Celebration of Solemn Mass

When referring to worship, the term Roman Catholic is at times used to refer to the "Roman Rite", which is not a church but a form of liturgy. The Roman Rite is distinct from the liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches and also from other Western liturgical rites such as the Ambrosian Rite, which have a much smaller following than the Roman Rite.

An example of this usage is provided in the book Roman Catholic Worship: Trent to today states:

We use the term Roman Catholic Worship throughout to make it clear that we are not covering all forms of Catholic worship. There are a number of Eastern Rite churches that can justly claim the title Catholic, but many of the statements we make do not apply to them at all.

Compared to the Roman Rite, the other Western liturgical rites have little following. Hence, the Vatican department that deals with forms of worship (including music) in the Western Church often issues documents that deal only with the Roman Rite. Any involvement by the Holy See in questions of Eastern liturgies is handled by the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

• The above text (see here) has multiple issues, mostly relating to sourcing. The first paragraph is uncited. The second is at best borderline synthesis to support the uncited first paragraph. The third paragraph itself appears to be synthesis (and has been long tagged as such). Only the fourth paragraph was well cited, unambiguously used "Roman Catholic" to mean "Roman Rite", while also stating this use was rare. I consolidated this paragraph into the section above "Roman Catholic and Latin Catholic". The above middle paragraph quoting from "Trent to Today" only tangentially makes the claim, explaining it only a convention used in that source, without asserting it to be a general use. It also not not clearly distinguish "Roman Catholic" worship from "worship in the Latin Church" compared to "worship in the Roman Rite". –Zfish118^⋉talk 23:48, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Parishes and dioceses

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania

When the term "Roman Catholic" is used as part of the name of a parish it usually indicates that it is a Western parish that follows the Roman Rite in its liturgy, rather than, for instance, the less common Ambrosian Rite, e.g. St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Oyster Bay, New York. The shorter term "Catholic" may also appear in parish names and "Roman Catholic" sometimes even appears in the compound name of Eastern Catholic parishes, e.g. St. Anthony Maronite Roman Catholic Church.

All Catholic parishes are part of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction, usually a diocese (called an eparchy in the canon law of the Eastern Catholic Churches). These jurisdictions are usually grouped in ecclesiastical provinces, headed by a metropolitan archdiocese. All dioceses and similar jurisdictions—Eastern and Western—come under the authority of the Pope. The term "Roman Catholic archdiocese" is formally used to refer to both Western and Eastern Churches. As of January 2009, there were 630 Roman Catholic archdioceses, Western and Eastern.

• The above paragraph (see here) has little to say about "Roman Catholic" in particular. What it does say is pretty synthetic. The content about parish and dioceses seems off topic, and may be a hold out from a much earlier version of this article that discussed the whole of the Roman Catholic faith. –Zfish118^⋉talk

References

• • In the United Kingdom, the term Roman Catholic is widely used, the majority of Roman Catholic church schools being referred to as RC in their title. I imagine this is to differentiate from Anglican Catholic (High Church of England). To say "Catholic" is too general, you'd may as well say "Christian" to cover all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.249.162 (talk) 11:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Repetitive

Is it just me or does the whole article seem quite repetitive?

I also suspect that this article should generally direct users to [[Catholic Church] and only have material about "Roman Catholic" versus "Catholic" where there are differences, otherwise it is a duplicate and suited to be an Article for Deletion. Rick Jelliffe (talk) 00:23, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

The history section is pretty clearly the specific history of the meaning and use of "Roman Catholic", and is sufficiently sourced that deletion would be highly inappropriate. The "current use" section, however, has been in need of serious clean up for years. –Zfish118^⋉talk 16:35, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Latin Catholic and Eastern Catholic

The section previously title "Roman Catholic and Latin Catholic" (See Here) largely discussed Roman Catholic being used to distinguish the Latin Church from the Eastern Churches. The section titled "Views of Eastern Catholics" covered very similar material. Both have been whittled down lately to be well-sourced. Rather than have similar content scattered through the article, I combined these as "Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic". –Zfish118^⋉talk 01:01, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Catechisms

The section on the catechisms primarily dealt with the Baltimore Catechism, which may not be representative of use in other countries. I combined that content with other content regarding American Catholic usage to avoid undue prominence. –Zfish118^⋉talk 01:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)