Definition of Catholic Church

1. Noun. Any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church.


Definition of Catholic Church

1. Noun. Literally "universal church", the whole body of Christendom, especially before the division into Western and Eastern churches. ¹

2. Noun. The Roman Catholic Church, which consists of 23 particular Churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome. ¹

3. Noun. Any of the independent Catholic Churches, such as the ''Old Catholic Church'', the ''Polish National Catholic Church'', or the ''Orthodox Catholic Church''. ¹

4. Noun. Any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" based on its affirmation of the Nicene Creed, such as any of the Anglican Churches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catholic Church

Catherine Howard
Catherine I
Catherine II
Catherine Parr
Catherine de Medicis
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine the Great
Catherine wheel
Catherine wheels
Catherinian
Catheryn
Cathi
Cathie
Cathleen
Catholic
Catholic Church (current term)
Catholic Churches
Catholic Pope
Catholic Reaction Force
Catholic school
Catholic twins
Catholically
Catholicise
Catholicised
Catholicises
Catholicising
Catholicism
Catholicisms
Catholicize
Catholicized

Literary usage of Catholic Church

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"KH, SYNOD OF) and of Trent, concerning the seven sacraments, as clear and concise statements of the doctrines taught by the Catholic Church throughout the ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"If the Church of England is "the Catholic Church of the country," and ... Has the Roman Catholic Church anything to fear from those outposts of the Church ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"Is the Catholic Church a parasite in the United States? ... Is the Catholic Church in Chicago at the present hour, educating as it does 100000 children, ..."

4. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"The Roman Catholic Church and the French Revolution. LITERATURE: Sloan, "The French Revolution and Religious Reform," 1901; ..."

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