Catholic Church
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Noun
[edit]Catholic Church (plural Catholic Churches)
- The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome.
- Synonym: Roman Catholic Church
- Meronym: Latin Church
- The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, comprising almost half of all Christians in the world.
- 2012, Nat Carnes, Al-Maghred, the Barbary Lion: A Look at Islam, Page 86
- The “Catholic Church” or “Roman Catholic Church” is the world's second largest single religious body after Sunni Islam
- Literally "universal church", the whole body of Christendom, especially before the division into Western and Eastern churches.
- Any of the independent Catholic Churches, such as the Old Catholic Church, the Polish National Catholic Church, or the Orthodox Catholic Church.
- Any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" based on its affirmation of the Nicene Creed, such as any of the Anglican Churches.
Translations
[edit]24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome
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the whole body of Christendom before the division into Western and Eastern churches
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any of the independent Catholic Churches
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any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic"
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Further reading
[edit]- “Catholic Church”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Catholic Church”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Catholic Church”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Catholic Church”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.