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Originally Posted by Elmer G. White
Mr. Putin is not a Catholic.
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Not true because the Eastern Orthodox Church is a Catholic church.
"The Church of the East has never from the first been known by any other name than Catholic, nor has she set aside this title in any official document.". Cleenewerck,Laurent (2009), HisBroken Body: Understanding and Healing the Schism Between the RomanCatholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches,Washington, D.C., USA: Euclid UniversityPress, ISBN978-0-6151-8361-9,page 101.
EllwoodEncyclopedia of World Religions 2007,p. 128"The Eastern Orthodox Churches are properly known as the "Orthodox Catholic Church"".
Tsichlis,Fr. Steven. "FrequentlyAsked Questions About the Orthodox Church".St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, Irvine, California, USA. “ The full title of our Church is "The Orthodox Catholic Church."
RichardR. Losch (1 May 2002). TheMany Faces of Faith: A Guide to World Religions and ChristianTraditions.Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 76. ISBN978-0-8028-0521-8. “The official name of the body is the Orthodox Catholic Church.“
EncyclopædiaBrittanica Online, "EasternOrthodoxy""Theofficial designations of the church in its liturgical or canonicaltexts are either "the Orthodox Catholic Church" or the"Greek Catholic Church" only.".
Merriam-WebsterEncyclopedia of World Religions 1999,p. 309 "The official designation of the church in Eastern Orthodox liturgical or canonical texts is "the Orthodox Catholic Church."".
The monks of Decani Monastery, Kosovo. "The Orthodox Church, An Introduction".Orthodox Christian Information Center. Retrieved 3 May 2014. Theofficial designation of the church in its liturgical and canonical texts is "the Orthodox Catholic Church"
Vladimir Putin is a member of the Russian Orthodox Catholic Church, and is therefore a Catholic (as well as an Orthodox).