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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Presumption

Religion; Catholic church

An act or attitude opposed to the theological virtue of hope. Presumption can take the form of trust in self without recognising that salvation comes from God, or of an over-confidence in divine ...

Eve

Religion; Catholic church

According to the creation storey in Genesis, the first woman; wife of Adam. God did not create man a solitary being; from the beginning, "male and female he created them" (Gen 1:29) (369, 375). ...

Presbyter

Religion; Catholic church

An "elder" or priest, a member of the order of priesthood; the presbyterate is one of the three degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders (1536, 1554). Presbyters or priests are co-workers with their ...

Worship

Religion; Catholic church

Adoration and honour given to God, which is the first act of the virtue of religion (2096). Public worship is given to God in the Church by the celebration of the Paschal Mystery of Christ in the ...

Adam

Religion; Catholic church

According to the creation storey in Genesis, the first man. From this storey the Church has learned that humanity was originally created in a state of holiness and justice and that the first ...

Filioque

Religion; Catholic church

A word meaning "and (from) the Son," added to the Latin version of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, by which the Latin tradition of the Creed confesses that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the ...

Martyr

Religion; Catholic church

A witness to the truth of the faith, in which the martyr endures even death to be faithful to Christ. Those who die for the faith before having received Baptism are said to have received a "baptism ...