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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clericis laicos

Religion; Catholic church

The initial words of a Bull issued 25 Feb., 1296, by Boniface VIII in response to an earnest appeal of the English and French prelates for protection against the intolerable exactions of the civil ...

indult

Religion; Catholic church

Special temporary dispensation granted by the Catholic church. The best-known indult among lay Catholics in recent times was the one granted by Pope John Paul II in 1984 authorising the world's ...

internuncio

Religion; Catholic church

Messenger between two parties; low-ranking papal legate. The name given in the Roman Curia to a diplomatic agent who, though not belonging to the five highest classes of the papal diplomatic service.

buskins

Religion; Catholic church

Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes interwoven with gold threads, and even heavily embroidered, worn by the celebrant of a pontifical Mass. Originally worn by priests.

crosier

Religion; Catholic church

The crosier is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops at their consecration and on mitred abbots at their investiture, and which is used by these prelates in performing certain ...

cross-bearer

Religion; Catholic church

The cleric or minister who carries the processional cross, that is, a crucifix provided with a long staff or handle.

franciscan crown

Religion; Catholic church

A Rosary consisting of seven decades in commemoration of the seven joys of the Blessed Virgin (the Annunciation, Visitation, Birth of our Lord, Adoration of the Magi, Finding of the Child Jesus in ...