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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic

Catholic (literally meaning: according to (kata-) the whole (holos) or more generally "universal" in Greek) is a Christian religious term with a number of meanings: The term catholic (lower-case c) can refer to the notion that all Christians are part of one Church, regardless of denominational divisions. This "universal" interpretation is often used to understand the phrase "one holy catholic and apostolic Church" in the Nicene Creed, the phrase "the catholic faith" in the Athanasian Creed, and the ph ...

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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic Answers Catholic Answers, based in El Cajon, California, is one of the largest lay-run apostolates of Roman Catholic apologetics and evangelization in the United States. It was founded in 1979 by Karl Keating in response to a fundamentalist church in San Diego that was distributing anti-Catholic propaganda in the form of tracts placed on the cars of Catholics attending Mass. Some were by notorious anti-Catholic Jack Chick. Its mission statement explains its purpose: Catholic Answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic King

The sobriquet Catholic King is a title awarded by the Pope as head of the Roman Catholic Church to a monarch who in the eyes of the papacy embodies Catholic principles in his or her personal live and state policies. The title remains attached to monarchs descended from whoever received the original sobriquet, unless withdrawn by a pope. The sobriquet can be awarded to either a king or a queen. One of the rights of being a Catholic King is that a queen may wear white, rather than the normal black, when meeting a pope. Two surviving European monarchies have the sobriquet Catholic King: those of Be ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Visitation Catholic

The Visitation is a Catholic feast day (2 July) commemorating the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke. It is the second Joyful mystery of the Rosary. Other related archives2 July, Catholic, Elizabeth, Gospel of Luke, Rosary, Virgin Mary

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Albanian Catholic Church

The Albanian Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite church sui juris of the Catholic Communion. Not to be confused with the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, this church consists of the Byzantine Catholics living in Albania. Its present leader is Most Rev. Hil Kabashi, OFM, Apostolic Administrator of Albania Meridionale. Other related archivesAlbania, Apostolic Administrator, Byzantine Rite, Catholic Communion, Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, OFM, church, sui juris

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic minister

Unlike in several Protestant churches, in the Roman Catholic Church the term minister is not commonly used to refer to a member of the clergy nor as a common term of address. In some parishes of the Catholic church in the United States there are ministers of hospitality, music ministers, etc. There are also lectors who read scriptural passages to the congregation, altar servers and acolytes who assist the clergy at the altar, cantors who lead the singing, and ushers who direct the seating and procession of ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic Monarchs

The Catholic Monarchs (Spanish: Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. They married in 1469, uniting both crowns and eventually through their descendants creating the kingdom of Spain. The title "Catholic King" was bestowed on them by Pope Alexander VI. Ferdinand and Isabella were noted for being the monarchs of the newly-united Spain at the dawn of the modern era. They also oversaw the final stages of the Reconquista of Iberian territory, from the Moorish caliphates that had been present in modern-day Spain and Po ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic Church in Canada

The Roman Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. The Roman Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. 46% of Canadians are baptized Roman Catholics. There are 72 dioceses and 8,000 priests. Within Canada the hierarchy consists of:< ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic sacraments

The practice of the Roman Catholic Church includes seven sacraments. As defined by Catholics, a sacrament is a material and spoken action which confers divine grace upon a person, especially what is called sanctifying grace. There are seven sacraments: Baptism Penance and Reconciliation (informally called Confession) Eucharist (informally called Communion) ...

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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic order

Catholic religious orders are organizations of laity and clergy in the Roman Catholic Church who live under a common rule. They are to be distinguished from Holy Orders, the sacrament which bishops, priests, and deacons receive. What distinguishes members of religious orders from the rest of the laity and the clergy is that they try to imitate Jesus of Nazareth by taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They may additi ...

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Catholic order - List of Roman Catholic orders

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Cafeteria Catholic

A Cafeteria Catholic is a derogatory term used to describe certain members of the Catholic community that selectively subscribe to only certain parts of the faith as a cafeteria goer would pick and choose only those items that appeal to him or her. The term has been in use since the issuance of Humanae Vitae, an official document which forbade practicing Catholics from using any form of birth control that was not based on the rhythm method or abstinence. Many Catholics have ignored such pronouncements yet maintain their connection to the Church. Such attitudes have been described by Conservative Catholi ...

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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic marriage

In the theology of Catholicism, marriage is an inseparable bond between a man and a woman, created by human contract and ratified by divine grace. It is one of the seven sacraments. The nature of the conventant requires that the two participants be one man and one woman, that they be free to marry, that they willingly and knowingly enter into a valid marriage contract, and that they validly execute the performance of the contract. On the exact definition of each of these steps hinge all the arguments and technical points ...

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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Abraham in the Catholic Liturgy

The figure of Abraham plays a prominent part of the Catholic Liturgy. Three Old Testament figures are given particular prominence in the Roman Catholic liturgy - Abel, Melchisedech and Abraham. This is through their association with the idea of sacrifice which means that they are invoked during the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass in the Roman rite. In the Tridentine liturgy, Abraham was used in the Martyrology of 9th October: "Eodem die memoria ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church aka the Chaldean Church of Babylon is an Eastern Rite sui juris (autonomous) particular church of the Roman Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Pope in Rome. It descends from the Church of the East. In the 15th century the Assyrian church decreed that the title of Patriarch could pass only to relatives of then-patriarch Mar Shimun IV. Dissent over this grew until in 1552, a group of bishops refused to accept t ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic Emancipation

Catholic Emancipation was a process in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century which involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics which had been introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the Penal Laws. Requirements to abjure the spiritual authority of the Pope and transubstantiation placed major burdens on Roman Catholics, though some received p ...

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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic Spirituality

The Spiritual life for Roman Catholics. Once a Catholic has accepted the faith (fides quae creditur) by making a personal act of faith (fides qua creditur), then one lives out faith throught spirituality. Although all Catholics are expected to pray together at Mass, there are many different forms of spirituality and private prayer which have developed over the centuries. Each of the major religious orders of the Catholic Church has its own unique spirituality - its own way of approaching God in prayer and in living out the Gospel. ...

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Catholics: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church

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Roman Catholic Church - Note on liturgical rites in use within the Latin or Western Church

Roman Catholic Church - The hierarchical constitution of the Church

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Armenian Catholic Church

After the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with the rest of Oriental Orthodoxy formally broke off communion from the Chalcedonian churches, numerous Armenian bishops made attempts to restore communion with the Catholic Church. In 1195 during the Crusades, the church of the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia entered into a union with the Catholic Church which lasted until Cilicia was conquered by Tatars in 1375. The union was later re-established during the council of Florence in 1439, but did not have any real effects until the year 1740, wh ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Catholic social teaching

Catholic social teaching encompasses the teaching that has been prevalent in the Catholic Church on all matters dealing with the collective aspect of humanity, since the mid-19th century. While most of the teachings are far older, they were combined into one systematic approach to social issues only after Marxism and other socialist movements began to gain ground after the Industrial Revolution. While not endorsing any particular political agenda, the Church holds that this teaching ...

Catholics: Encyclopedia - Coptic Catholic Church

The Coptic Catholic Church is an Alexandrian Rite church sui juris particular Church in full communion with the Pope of Rome. Historically, Coptic Catholics represent a schism from the Coptic Orthodox Church, leaving that church to come under the jurisdiction of the Vatican. The current Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria is Stéphanos II Cardinal Ghattas. Coptic Catholic Church - External link. Coptic Catholic Church ...