Four Marks of the Church adjective ("katholikos"), meaning "general", "universal". It is associated with the Greek adverb ("katholou"), meaning "according to the whole", "entirely", or "in general", a combination of the preposition meaning "according to" and the adjective meaning "whole". Applied to the church, the adjective "catholic" means that in the church the wholeness of the Christian faith, full and complete, all-embracing, and with nothing lacking, is proclaimed to all people without excluding any part of the faith or any class or group of people. The adjective can be applied not only to the church as spread throughout the world but also to each local
Crumbs from the Table of Joy regional productions in the US, including Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, March 5–30, 1996 and Crossroads Theater Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey in March 1998. It was produced at Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, from May 5 - June 11, 2006 It ran at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, from June 6–25, 2006. The play takes place in Brooklyn in 1950. An African- American man, Godfrey Crump, grieving over his wife's death, finds new meaning in religion. He moves his family, Ernestine, a 17-year-old and Ermina, 15 years old, from Florida to Brooklyn. Their Aunt Lily espouses Communist sentiments and Godfrey's new