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the Church Universal:

--- A translation of Catholic as in "catholic church".

--- The idea that all Christian Church es and Sect s share certain things in common

--- The idea that all Christians form part of a single body. This idea had more organisational force in pre- Reformation Western Europe, when the Roman Catholic Church dominated the local Religious landscape. Note that the original etymological form of the word ''catholic'' meant "universal".

Any one of various churches which have adopted grandiose titles expressing their universal reach or ambitions

The precise definition of what constitutes a Christian, though intrinsic to these distinctions, often remains a matter for dispute...

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Ecumenism

Unitarian Universalism

Universalism