the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
Leaving aside the historical meanings indicated under (b) and (c) above, the Oxford English Dictionary thus associates present-day Catholicism with: The earliest surviving evidence of the use of the term 'Catholic Church' is a letter that Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch wrote in about 107 to ...
A denomination of Christianity, whose center is the Vatican in Rome, Italy, and dates from the original church created by the Apostle Peter, a disciple of Lord Jesus.
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