We should not think of that first - century congregation as “a world - wide, universal, organized society such as we mean nowadays when we talk about the catholic church, ” says The New Dictionary of Theology.
ધ ન્યૂ ડિક્ષનરી ઑફ થીઑલોજી કહે છે, ‘ આજે કૅથલિક ધર્મ આખી દુનિયામાં છે અને સંગઠિત છે.