Yes, BofL post #112 certainly describes the CC. The notion that evil would prevail in the Church is a man made tradition, a denial of Jesus' plain promises that that could never happen. Evil has attacked the Church from within and from without, but evil has never prevailed, contrary to the psychotic made-in-America Bible clubs that evil has dominated the Church. One either accepts what the Bible says about God's promises to protect the Church from error, or you don't believe the Bible. I think that's the point BofL made that went over your head.
CATHOLIC: It comes from the Greek word Kata-holos which was later Latinized into Catholicus, "Catholic" in English.
It means 'Universal', which in itself means, 'of or relating to, or affecting the entire world and
ALL peoples therein'. It means,
ALL encompassing, comprehensibly broad, general, and containing ALL that is neccessary. In summation, it means
ALL people in
ALL places, having
ALL that is necessary, and for
ALL time.
In Matthew 28:19-20, "Go, therefore and make disciples of
ALL nations...teaching them to observe
ALL that I have commanded you; And behold, I am with you
ALL days, even unto the consummation of the world."
That is a statement of
Universality, Katholicos, Catholicus, Catholic.
…
.and you belong to that Church whose faith St. Paul describes as being "proclaimed (KATAnggeletai) in the whole universe (en HOLO to kosmo)” (Rom. 1:8)
Thus the word
KATA-HOLOS or
Catholic in English originated from Scriptures - Romans 1:8. And again:
"So the
church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Sama'ria had peace and was built up; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied." [Acts 9:31 RSV]
There the words
"church throughout all" is translated from the Greek words "Ecclesia
kata holis" This proves Paul was a Catholic. But it was after Ignatius that the term Catholic Church became used more and more to designate the true church.
"Where the Bishop appears, there let the people be, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
St. Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the Smyrneans, paragraph 8, of 106 A.D.
Here is what Church Fathers had to say, in every case the word "Catholic” is used. Notice the dates, as they span over a century before Constantine. "The Faith of the Early Fathers", by [Protestant] William A. Jurgens.
Ignatius, Letter to the Smyrneans 106AD;
Martyrdom of St. Polycarp 155AD;
Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 202AD;
Cyprian, Unity of the Catholic Church 251AD;
Cyprian, Letter to Florentius, 254AD
and later:
"
Christian is my name, and Catholic my surname. The one designates me, while the other makes me specific. Thus am I attested and set apart... When we are called Catholics it is by this appellation that our people are kept apart from any heretical name."
Saint Pacian of Barcelona, Letter to Sympronian, 375 A.D.
That quote doesn't apply to Protestants because Protestantism didn't exist in 375 A.D. Back then, one was either a Christian Catholic or a heretic. Period.