popery
Anti-Catholic slur term
Popery is a hostile Protestant term for Roman Catholicism, emphasizing what critics saw as excessive papal authority and ritualistic practices.
The word treats the Pope's role as the defining—and damning—feature of the faith.
Once common in English religious polemic, it now sounds archaic or deliberately provocative: laws against popery, accusations of popery and idolatry.
Papal city-state
- RomeItaly's capital city
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
- papalof the pontiff
- apostolicOf the first disciples
conclave · diocese · bishop · cardinal · archbishop · priesthood · parish · canon
Catholic worship service
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
altar · candles · procession · rosary · benediction · genuflection · holy water · relics
Baseless belief in omens
- idolatryVeneration of false gods
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
corruption · persecution · bigotry · Reformation · intolerance · fanaticism · propaganda · sectarian
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
rococo · sumptuous · extravagant · ornamental · grandiose · resplendent · magnificent · ceremonial
Vatican
Papal city-state
- RomeItaly's capital city
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
- papalof the pontiff
apostolic · conclave · diocese · bishop · cardinal · archbishop · priesthood · parish · canon · canonization
Mass
Catholic worship service
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
vestments · altar · candles · procession · rosary · benediction · genuflection · holy water · relics · veneration
superstition
Baseless belief in omens
- idolatryVeneration of false gods
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
tyranny · corruption · persecution · bigotry · Reformation · intolerance · fanaticism · propaganda · sectarian · polemic
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
embellished · rococo · sumptuous · extravagant · ornamental · grandiose · resplendent · magnificent · ceremonial · elaborate
- English CatholicismEnglish Reformation, Catholic bishops, Catholic clergy, priest holes, Catholic missions
poperyProtestantism
Reformation-era Christian movement
Calvinism · Puritanism · Lutheranism · evangelicalism · Presbyterianism
- Pope FrancisCurrent head of Catholicism
- Pope John Paul II
- Pope Benedict XVISixteenth pope named Benedict
- Pope BenedictCatholic spiritual leader
- Alexander PopeGeorgian era versifier
- pope's noseFowl's tail tip