Catholic church

Catholic church

The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church with 1.2 billion members worldwide. It is among the oldest institutions in the world and has played a prominent role in western civilization. The Catholic heirarchy is lead by the Pope. The Catholic Church is Trinitarian and defines it's mission as spreading the word and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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roman catechism

Religion; Catholic church

This catechism differs from other summaries of Christian doctrine for the instruction of the people in two points: it is primarily intended for priests having care of souls, and it enjoys an ...

categorical imperative

Religion; Catholic church

A term which originated in Immanuel Kant's ethics. It expresses the moral law as ultimately enacted by reason and demanding obedience from mere respect for reason.

cathedra

Religion; Catholic church

The chair or throne of a bishop in his cathedral church, on which he presides at solemn functions.

cathedraticum

Religion; Catholic church

A certain sum of money to be contributed annually for the support of the bishop, as a mark of honour and in sign of subjection to the cathedral church, hence its name.

catholic

Religion; Catholic church

The word Catholic occurs in the Greek classics, e.g., in Aristotle and Polybius, and was freely used by the earlier Christian writers in what we may call its primitive and non-ecclesiastical sense.

catholicos

Religion; Catholic church

The ecclesiastical title of the Nestorian and Armenian patriarchs. During the first five centuries Seleucia in Mesopotamia, subsequently the see of the Nestorian catholicos, was under the ...

cause

Religion; Catholic church

Meaning - thing. Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to ...