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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cruet

Religion; Catholic church

A small vessel used for containing the wine and water required for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

crypt

Religion; Catholic church

The word originally meant a hidden place, natural or artificial, suitable for the concealment of persons or things.

cupola

Religion; Catholic church

A spherical ceiling, or a bowl-shaped vault, rising like an inverted cup over a circular, square, or multangular building or any part of it.

curate

Religion; Catholic church

Literally, one who has the cure (care) or charge of souls, in which sense it is yet used by the Church of England, "All Bishops and Curates".

cure of souls

Religion; Catholic church

The exercise of a clerical office involving the instruction, by sermons and admonitions, and the sanctification, through the sacraments, of the faithful in a determined district, by a person ...

cursing

Religion; Catholic church

In its more common Biblical sense it means the opposite of blessing, and is generally either a threat of the Divine wrath, or its actual visitation, or its prophetic announcement, though occasionally ...

day of atonement

Religion; Catholic church

It was a most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the whole the day, and servile works were forbidden. It was kept on nineteenth day of Tischri, which falls in September/October. ...