Edited sentence: All the other definitions are fictitious or self-serving to mask or excuse the reality of the schism to which they partake.Boniface, himself student of St.Iraneus, author of the first book on heresies, Bishop of Lyons, student of St.It must be kept in mind that St.John, the disciple that was at the foot of the Cross, is the first writer to give the definition of "Catholic": the Church whose leader resides in Rome