Episode 291: Catholic

(Piano music) 

Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go! 

Happy Easter to those of you celebrating and I hope you're having a relaxing Sunday those of you who don't. 

Before the Byzantine separation that brought us Eastern and Western Christianity, this word meant 'a universal faith' or more accurately  'a faith recognised by all'. The first time we find that word in writing is in a letter from 110AD by Ignatius of Antioch, addressing the Christians in Smyrna to follow their Bishop like the church follows 'the universal faith'. Κατά (kata) is a preposition and among other things, it means 'according to' and ολικός (olikos) means 'Whole'.  ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΣ/CATHOLIC

Instagram @yourgreeksunday ,
Blue Sky @yourgreeksunday.bsky.social
email [email protected]