Annuario Pontificio - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Annuario Pontificio: Encyclopedia - Annuario Pontificio
The Annuario Pontificio (Italian for Pontifical Yearbook) is the annual directory of the Holy See. It lists all the popes to date and all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church Of Pittsburgh: Encyclopedia - Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church Of Pittsburgh
The Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh is a Byzantine Rite autonomous jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, originally serv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Rite: Encyclopedia - Eastern Rite
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Greek Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Croatian Greek Catholic Church
The Croatian Byzantine Catholic Church or Croatian Byzantine Catholic Church is a Catholic Church sui iuris of the Byzantine Eastern Rite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Popes: Encyclopedia - List Of Popes
For a graphical representation of this list, see list of popes (graphical). This is a list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church. While t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Beliefs
The Catholic Church is a Christian church, and therefore shares core beliefs with the majority of other trinitarian groups generally cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Popes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Popes - Notes On Numbering Of Popes
Hermannus Contractus may have been the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in 1049 with Pope Leo IX as the nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Church United With Rome Greek-catholic: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Church United With Rome Greek-catholic - History
In 1700 many of the Romanians of Transylvania, headed by Bishop Atanasie Anghel, entered into full communion with the see of Rome, while ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Byzantine Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Byzantine Catholic Church - History
Although, after the failure of the attempts by the Council of Lyons in 1274 and by the Council of Florence in 1439 to repair the breach o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Overview
The Roman Catholic Church traces its origins to Saint Peter, apostle to Rome. It rose to prominence with the Constantinian shift in the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Criticisms And Controversies
Over the centuries, the Catholic Church has encountered criticisms for numerous reasons. (Some particular controversies are discussed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Note On Liturgical Rites In Use Within The Latin Or Western Church
For many centuries there were as many or more liturgical rites in the Latin-Rite or Western Catholic Church, as in the East. In the after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Terminology
Roman Catholic Church is a term that other Christian Churches often, though by no means exclusively, use for this Church. The Church itse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Popes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Popes - List Of Popes
List of popes - AD 30-250. List of popes - AD 250-500. List of popes - AD 500-750. List of popes - AD 750-1000. List of popes - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Liturgy
The Catholic Church sees the eucharistic liturgy, the celebration of the Mystery of Christ, in particular the Paschal Mystery of his deat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Sacraments
The Roman Catholic Church, like other ancient Christian Churches such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, recognizes and administers seven sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Hierarchical Constitution Of The Church
Roman Catholic Church - The Pope. What most obviously distinguishes the Catholic Church from other Christian bodies is the link between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Particular Churches Within The Single Catholic Church
Unlike "families" or "communions" of Churches that see themselves as distinct Churches, the Church of those who are in full communion wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Relations With Other Christians
The Catholic Church attributes very high authority to 21 Ecumenical Councils: Nicaea I (325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), Chal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Consecrated Life
Consecrated Life, referred to also as Religious Life, is a way of Christian living within the Catholic Church that, publicly professed, i...   » Read the article