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Catholic Church
largest Christian Church, made up of 24 autonomous Churches in communion with the Pope, part of the Latin Church aka Latin Christianity a.k.a. western Christianity
Details
- Inception
- 1st century, 33
- Part of
- Catholicism, Christianity
- Has parts
- Latin Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Coptic Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Maronite Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Romanian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, Ethiopian Catholic Church
- Country
- Vatican City
- Founded by
- Jesus Christ
- Headquarters
- Vatican City
- Chaired by
- Leo XIV
- Religion
- Christianity
- authority
- Holy See
- basic form of government
- episcopal polity
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Catholic church building
- executive body
- Roman Curia
- facet of
- Western culture
- has characteristic
- full communion, catholicity, Catholic ecclesiastical decoration
- has part(s) of the class
- Catholic particular church sui iuris
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
- history of topic
- history of the Catholic Church
- location of formation
- Jerusalem
- member count
- 1285000000, 1406000000, 1272000000
- native label
- Ecclesia Catholica Romana
- OpenStreetMap tag
- denomination=catholic
- owner of
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Rumbold's Cathedral, St. Mary's Cathedral, Maria Rosenkranzkönigin, Vatican Climate Forest, Sarja Church, Cross of Justin II, Gleeson College, Thomas More College, Bishop Saint and Saint Francis of Assisi, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Apostolic Palace
- permanent duplicated item
- Catholic
- position held by head of the organization
- Pope
- short name
- röm.-kath.
- significant event
- Nicene Creed
- studied by
- Catholic ecclesiology
- topic's main category
- Category:Catholic Church
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Catholic Church
- uses
- Catholic Bible
- Wikimedia outline
- outline of Catholicism
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