Why is the word "catholic" not capitalized in the Creed?

[ProVobis]

“Catholic” is a Greek word, but I don’t think the writer of the original Greek or Latin capitalized it because capitalization was uncommon at that time.

Actually in the early days everything was in capital letters in both the Latin and Greek alphabet. Lower case came later.

 

[Digitonomy]

Actually in the early days everything was in capital letters in both the Latin and Greek alphabet. Lower case came later.

:doh2:
You’re right. I should have said different cases were uncommon.

 

[ProVobis]

:doh2:
You’re right. I should have said different cases were uncommon.

Supposedly the Irish monks developed the Latin lower case characters in the 6th or 7th century. Little did they know that over half the world’s population would still be using them 14 centuries later.

 

[englishredrose]

It’s the common adjective meaning universal and not the proper noun referring to the Church.