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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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Catholic church

Abba

Religion; Catholic church

1. A title of reverence for bishops and patriarchs in the Coptic, Ethiopian Christian, and Syriac churches. 2. New Testament . an Aramaic word for father, used by Jesus and Paul to address God in a ...

Abthane

Religion; Catholic church

The term has special reference to the territories of the churches and monasteries founded by the old Celtic or Columban monks, mostly between the mountain chain of the Mounth and the Firth of Forth.

Bilocation

Religion; Catholic church

The question whether the same finite being (especially a body) can be at once in two (bilocation) or more (replication, multilocation) totally different places grew out of the Catholic doctrine on ...

Biretta

Religion; Catholic church

A square cap with three ridges or peaks on its upper surface, worn by clerics of all grades from cardinals downwards. The use of such a cap is prescribed by the rubrics both at solemn Mass and in ...

Bination

Religion; Catholic church

The offering up of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass twice on the same day by the same celebrant.

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.

Chancel

Religion; Catholic church

The chancel is part of the choir near the altar of a church, where the deacons or sub-deacons stand to assist the officiating priest.

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