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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Clerestory

Religion; Catholic church

A term formerly applied to any window or traceried opening in a church, e.g. in an aisle, tower, cloister, or screen, but now restricted to the windows in an aisled nave, or to the range of wall in ...

Clean and unclean

Religion; Catholic church

The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to moral, cleanness and uncleanness which stands out so prominently in Mosaic legislation.

Co-education

Religion; Catholic church

The term is now generally reserved to the practise of educating the sexes together; but even in this sense it has a variety of meanings.

Confessor

Religion; Catholic church

With them it was a title of honour to designate those brave champions of the Faith who had confessed Christ publicly in time of persecution and had been punished with imprisonment, torture, exile, or ...

Concubinage

Religion; Catholic church

At the present day, the state — more or less permanent — of a man and woman living together in illicit intercourse.

Concordat

Religion; Catholic church

Canonists and publicists do not agree about the nature of a concordat and, consequently, vary much in the definition they give.

Confucianism

Religion; Catholic church

Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, and religious teachings established by Confucius and drawn from ancient Chinese traditions, and perpetuated as the State religion down to ...