Caltholic Array of Deeply Held Opinions ...

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Kai Wen Lee <leekaiwen at ...> wrote:
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> --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Steve <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
> From: Steve <bboyminn at ...>
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> "He has a */catholic array/* of deeply held opinions...."
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> Apparently, 'catholic' means comprehensive or universal. 
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> Me (CJ) now:
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> Yes, catholic  (from Latin kata "according to" and holos "the
whole") means universal, and has been used by the Catholic Church to
describe itself since Ignatius in the second century as the universal
church.
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> However, I think the reporter misspoke. She/he/it probably didn't
mean to say either that Daniel's opinions were universal, or that he's
expounded opinions on every possible subject. I guess a better word
would have been "eclectic".
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> CJ


I think in this context, it mean comprehensive, as in wide and
diversified array of opinions. 

Steve/bboyminn