Article. Marone. The use of the term “Catholic” in the Donatist controversy.
THE USE OF THE TERM “CATHOLIC” IN THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY Paola Marone (Roma) A letter written by Ignatius to Christians in Smyrna around 110 is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term “Catholic”. Sometime in the first decade of the second century, Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, was…