Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4656717-20130820115709/@comment-32656-20130822124337

Yeah, that's more or less it, Cal.

Yeah, the term "catholic" with regards to churches predates the formal part of the split, though then it only meant universal with regards to the policies, not the name.

Even predates that Creed, actually - the earliest references to it are from the early 2nd century. Was used to distinguish that version of the Church from others that existed at the time.

A better book with such a concept as this would be The Alteration - Essentially, Henry VII's brother has a son with Catherine, and Luther goes within the church to do reform, eventually becoming pope. As a result, the only non-Catholic areas are a small New England.

Hit it right on the head, there - such a state would have to, at best, be a police state.