User talk:Rev.JamesTBurtchaell,csc

i regret that i was required to revert your reversion from Catholic to Roman back to Catholic but you offer no substantive evidence to support your change other than "talking" with some others. Well, i've done more listening than talking when in the seminary and know indisputably the church calls herself "The Catholic Church," not The "Roman" Catholic Church. Ever hear of "The Catholic Encyclopedia"? It is frequently cited in Wikipedia articles referencing religion. Note its title is the CATHOLIC Encyclopedia, NOT the ROMAN Catholic encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia as a stamp of imprimatur meaning it is regarded by the hierarch as being without error, which extends to its title. i also refer you to this passage in the article on Catholicism:

"McBrien maintains that Eastern Catholic Churches should not come under the heading "Roman Catholic Church": "The Catholic Church itself is a communion of local churches, known as dioceses and patriarchates, of Roman and non-Roman Churches." Thus "to be Catholic—whether Roman/Latin or non-Roman/Latin—is to be in full communion with the Bishop of Rome and as such an integral part of the Communion of Catholic Churches."[8] Other writers, such as Kenneth D. Whitehead, disagree with McBrien by objecting to the use of the term "Roman Catholic Church" even for the Catholic Church of the West. Whitehead has pointed out that this term appears nowhere in the 16 documents of the Second Vatican Council.[9]"

  • Footnote 9 refers to Mr. Kenneth D. Whitehead's objection to the term "Roman."

There must be more profitable edits you can do than insisting members of a certain religious denomination submit to your will in calling ourselves something we are not. Thank you.