Catholic Church
Noun
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Noun
Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome.
- 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.
- French: Église catholique
- German: Katholische Kirche
- Italian: Chiesa cattolica
- Portuguese: Igreja Católica
- Russian: Католи́ческая це́рковь
- Spanish: Iglesia católica
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