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"Catholic Church" means "universal church" and "Orthodox Church" means "correct church" which sound like traits almost any Christian sect would identify as being "universal" and "correct". How did these words get associated with Western and Eastern Christian communities?

by /u/johhny-turbo in /r/AskHistorians

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