# Which is the real Universal Life Church?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-real-universal-life-church/630350>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 3, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-real-universal-life-church/630350 "2012-08-03T22:13:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-real-universal-life-church/630350/41 "2012-08-13T19:41:40Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> True, not a commonly used definition, but you can’t fault me for being pedantic on the Dope. 🙂

Fault you for it? Hell, I look forward to it!

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**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-real-universal-life-church/630350/42 "2012-08-14T02:02:02Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> True, not a commonly used definition, but you can’t fault me for being pedantic on the Dope. 🙂

Yah, it’s so rare that millions of Christians use it on any given Sunday! 😛

(The Nicene Creed refers to “one holy catholic and apostolic church” — I think some Protestants edit out “catholic”, but lots of them certainly don’t.)

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-real-universal-life-church/630350/43 "2012-08-14T02:20:39Z")

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I bet most Christians or non-Christians don’t know what the hell it means. Yeah, I bet Ian Paisley skips that part.

The only ones who seem to regularly use “catholic” in that manner, or at least know what it means in context, are the Anglicans. “Protestant, yet Catholic” indeed.

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**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-real-universal-life-church/630350/44 "2012-08-14T03:57:44Z")

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That… seems quite possible. I’m a counterexample, but only one counterexample. Nonetheless, it’s used, is my point. 😉

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