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There are many churches in full communion with Rome that are not Roman[1]. [1] https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2007/09/20/are-they-really-catholic-part-i/ https:/

• dragonwriter 5y ago
  > There are many churches in full communion with Rome that are not Roman[1]. No there aren’t; your source seems to have confused the descriptor “Roman Catholic Church” which refers to the entire body in union with Rome for what is usually described, where it needs to be distinguished, as “Latin Church” [0], the autonomous particular sui iuris church within the Roman Catholic headed by the Patriarch of Rome (who, as Pope, is also head of the entire Roman Catholic Church, with superceding authority over the heads of the sui iuris churches.) [0] formerly also commonly “Western...” but the use of that descriptor has since been fairly authoritatively declared as no longer approrpriate.
  • skissane 5y ago
    The term "Roman" in "Roman Catholic" is ambiguous. Some people read it as meaning "in communion with the Bishop of Rome", other people read it as meaning "Latin Church" ("Latin Rite", "Roman Rite", etc). The Eastern Catholic Churches are Roman in the first sense but not the second. In my experience, some Eastern Catholics reject the term "Roman Catholic" as a descriptor for themselves because they associate the phrase with the second definition not the first. Given that, I'm not inclined to agree with you that the "Roman Catholic=Latin Catholic" usage is wrong, it's just different.