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- DictionaryCatholic/ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/
adjective
- 1. of the Roman Catholic faith.
noun
- 1. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
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5 days ago · The chief marks of the Church are four: It is one, holy, catholic or universal, and apostolic. (a) Sacred Scripture teaches that the one true Church of Christ must have these marks. (b) The marks of the Church are themselves an indication that God guides the Church.
2 days ago · Catechism of the Catholic Church. Faith. 1814 – Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that He has said and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because He is truth itself.
1 day ago · Christianity is a major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century CE. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused.
4 days ago · Catechism of the Catholic Church 1203 – The liturgical traditions or rites presently in use in the Church are the Latin (principally the Roman rite, but also the rites of certain local churches, such as the Ambrosian rite, or those of certain religious orders) and the Byzantine, Alexandrian or Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite and Chaldean ...
Sep 10, 2021 · Being a convert as well as a seminarian, I am often asked why I became Catholic. “What led you to conversion?” or “Who influenced you?” or most often “Why become a Catholic when you were already a Christian?” These are great questions, and I love to tell the story of my journey.
Jul 4, 2024 · Rooted in the conviction that the Sacred Liturgy, as “an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ,” is “the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed” and “the font from which all her power flows,” the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council asserted the supremacy of liturgical prayer in the life of the Church and called fo...
5 days ago · Pope is the title, since about the 9th century, of the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The pope is regarded as the successor of St. Peter and has supreme power of jurisdiction over the Catholic Church in matters of faith and morals, as well as in church discipline and government.
