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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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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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