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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Catholic

Religion; Catholic church

The word Catholic occurs in the Greek classics, e.g., in Aristotle and Polybius, and was freely used by the earlier Christian writers in what we may call its primitive and non-ecclesiastical sense.

Cause

Religion; Catholic church

Meaning - thing. Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to ...

Celebret

Religion; Catholic church

A letter which a bishop gives to a priest, that he may obtain permission in another diocese to say Mass, and for this purpose bears testimony that he is free from canonical censures.

Catholicos

Religion; Catholic church

The ecclesiastical title of the Nestorian and Armenian patriarchs. During the first five centuries Seleucia in Mesopotamia, subsequently the see of the Nestorian catholicos, was under the ...

Cathedraticum

Religion; Catholic church

A certain sum of money to be contributed annually for the support of the bishop, as a mark of honour and in sign of subjection to the cathedral church, hence its name.

Cedar

Religion; Catholic church

A coniferous tree frequently mentioned in the Bible, may be applied to several different species of conifers, but usually it designates the celebrated cedar of Libanus.

Charismata

Religion; Catholic church

The Greek term charisma denotes any good gift that flows from God's benevolent love (charis) unto man; any Divine grace or favour, ranging from redemption and life eternal to comfort in communing ...