Catholic vs Christian: What’s The Difference?

The word Christian first appears in Acts 11:26 which says “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” But the word Catholic appears in Acts 9:31 which says “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.” Did you see it? Probably not because the phrase “throughout all” means Kata-holos where the word Catholic comes from. How do we know this? The word “throughout” is the Greek word “Kata” which means pertaining to, according to, uttermost, godly, concerning, and covered. But “all” is the Greek word “holos” which means whole. Together it means “pertaining to the whole”. So you can say the verse this way “Then had the CATHOLIC churches rest..” The etymological dictionary says mid-14c., “of the doctrines of the ancient Church” (before the East/West schism), literally “universally accepted,” from French catholique, from Church Latin catholicus “universal, general,” from Greek katholikos, from phrase kath’ holou “on the whole, in general,” from kata “about” + genitive of holos “whole” (from PIE root *sol- “whole, well-kept”). Medieval Latin catholicus was practically synonymous with Christianus and meant “constituting or conforming to the church, its faith and organization” (as opposed to local sects or heresies). With capital C-, it was applied by Protestants to the Church in Rome by c. 1554, after the Reformation began in England. The general sense of “embracing all, universal” in English is from 1550s. The meaning “not narrow-minded or bigoted” is from 1580s. The Latin word was rendered in Old English as eallgeleaflic. This is saying Christianity is Catholic or universal. Christianity is throughout all the world. The first known use of the word “Catholic” was by the church father Saint Ignatius of Antioch in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans 900 years before the schism of 1054 (circa 110 AD).

-Anthony Booker