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Creeds, Sects, and Denomina-: Catholic

The employment of the full title of Roman Catholic Church is at all times necessary in England when alluding to Christian doctrine in order to avoid probable confusion with the Established Church of this country which retains in its Creed the designation of "The Holy Catholic Church." This is because at the Reformation the Church of England, then styled the Anglican Church, professed to be the Catholic Church governed by the reigning monarch instead of the Pope of Rome.

The Gallican Church is the so-called Church of France or Gaul, the ancient name of the country.