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Catholic Church
Catholic Churchn. The Roman Catholic Church.Catholic Church n 1. (Roman Catholic Church) short for Roman Catholic Church 2. (Christian Churches, other) any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Catholic Church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian ChurchChristian church, church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worshipChurch of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchyOld Catholic Church - Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th centuryByzantine Church, Eastern Church - the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine EmpireEastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Church - derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine ritesUniat Church, Uniate Church - any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgyCatholic - a member of a Catholic church |
catholic church
catholic church [Gr.,=universal], the body of Christians, living and dead, considered as an organization. The word catholic was first used c.110 to describe the Church by St. Ignatius of Antioch. In speaking of the time before the Reformation in Western Europe, Catholic is technically used to mean orthodox (i.e., those who accept the tradition as mediated by the Roman Church). Today in English it usually means the Roman Catholic ChurchRoman Catholic Church,
Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
..... Click the link for more information. . Protestants use the word catholic in its original sense to designate the Christian Church taken as a whole.Catholic Church
Related to Catholic Church: Sacraments of the Catholic ChurchWords related to Catholic Churchnoun any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian ChurchRelated Words- Christian church
- church
- Church of Rome
- Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Church
- Western Church
- Roman Catholic
- Old Catholic Church
- Byzantine Church
- Eastern Church
- Eastern Orthodox
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Orthodox Catholic Church
- Orthodox Church
- Uniat Church
- Uniate Church
- Catholic
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