Endnote 3 – Why Christians Must Search for the Historical Jesus

Catholic Christianity as used here should not be confused or equated with the Roman Catholic Church. In the first centuries, Catholic (from a Greek root) or Universal (from a Latin one) Christianity was distinguished from a more radical Gnostic Christianity on its left and a more conservative Legal Christianity on its right. By using the name Catholic or Universal that centrist position claimed to be more inclusive than either of those other options.