Catholic (term) Catholic (term) The word catholic (with lowercase "c"; derived via Late Latin "catholicus", from the Greek adjective ("katholikos"), meaning "universal") comes from the Greek phrase ("katholou"), meaning "on the whole", "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole". The term Catholic (usually written with uppercase "C" in English) was first used to describe the Christian Church in the early 2nd century to emphasize its universal scope. In the context of Christian ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages. The word in English can mean either "of
Terminology of the British Isles Isles. They are divided into two branches: Some of the above are: The English word "Welsh" is from a common Germanic root meaning "Romanised foreigner" (cognate with Wallonia and Wallachia, and also cognate with the word used in Mediaeval German to refer to the French and Italians). The English names "Albion" and "Albany" are related to "Alba" and used poetically for either England or Scotland, or the whole island of Great Britain. English "Erin" is a poetic name for Ireland derived from "Éire" (or rather, from its dative form "Éirinn"). In Irish, the term "Oileáin Bhriotanacha" is a translation of