Roman Catholic
Vatican's faithful member
Roman Catholic refers to the Catholic Church headed by the Pope in Rome, or a member of that church.
The qualifier distinguishes it from other Christian traditions that claim the term Catholic, such as Eastern Orthodox or Anglo-Catholic churches.
As an adjective, it describes beliefs, practices, or institutions of this church: a Roman Catholic education, Roman Catholic doctrine on divorce.
- papistDisparaging term for Catholics
- papalof the pontiff
- Holy FatherCatholic Church's head
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- VaticanPapal city-state
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- Christian GroupsBaptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Protestant
- Italian AmericansItalian Americans, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Frank Sinatra, Martin Scorsese
- DenominationsBaptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal
- European faithsProtestantism, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Calvinism
- English CatholicismEnglish Reformation, priest holes, Thomas More, Oxford Movement, parochial schools
- Ruthenian historyCossacks, Kyiv, Kiev, Lviv, Galicia
Roman CatholicProtestant
Post-schism Western Christian
Lutheran · Calvinist · Eastern Orthodox · Baptist · Methodist
Roman CatholicEastern Orthodox
Ancient Christian communion
Greek Orthodox · Russian Orthodox · Orthodox Christian · Coptic · Byzantine
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