How do I respond that "Catholic" is not in the BIble?

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many non-Catholics from my place always tell me, " the word ‘Catholic’ does not exist in the bible, and any word, phrase or a sentence that could not be read in the bible, that would be wrong" I guess this would be some kind of 'sola scriptura"… now, as a Catholic, how will I answer this kind of arguement?
 
Hi,

Simply because the word is not found in Scripture does not mean that it should not be used. All Christians use words not found in the Bible such as “Bible” and “Trinity.”

As an aside, nowhere will you find the phrase “sola scriptura” in the Bible, nor more importantly, what it infers…

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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