Catholic Religion Research Paper

For the first 1,500 years of Christianity since the holy Christ was born until god rise him from the earth to the heaven there was no " Catholicism " as it is known today , simply because there were no other forms or denominations of Christianity to distinguish it , or cause a division between the churches as we see . There was only the "one, holy, catholic church", which was the main body of Christian believers all over the western world, united by common traditions , beliefs , church structure and worship . The word "Catholic" is a Latin world which means universal. Before the Reformation (in the 1500's), if someone were a Christian, he belonged to the Catholic Church. Any other form of Christianity was considered a heresy, not a Christian
However , whatever else they might disagree about , Christians are at least united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance . The term " Christian " is also used adjectivally to describe anything associated with Christianity, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like. It is also used as a label to identify people who associate with the cultural aspects of Christianity, irrespective of personal religious beliefs or practices.
Nowadays, there are many popular forms and denominations of Christianity beside Roman Catholicism. Although the Catholic Church continues to teach that it alone has carried on the true tradition of the apostolic church and follows the holy curriculum of the Christ. The Second Vatican Council declared all other Christians who follows any other Christian denominations which are also called " Baptized Christians " to be in a certain , although imperfect , communion with the Catholic Church . So to be a Christian today means to be a certain kind of Christian: one with beliefs , practices and traditions that differ from other denominations like Protestantism , Anglicanism , Eastern Orthodox and others from modern Christianity