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| | MSN Encarta - Roman Catholic Church |
 | | Roman Catholic Church, the largest single Christian body, composed of those Christians who acknowledge the supreme authority of the bishop of Rome, the pope, in matters of faith. | | | The Roman Catholic Church regards itself as the only legitimate inheritor, by an unbroken succession of bishops descending from Saint Peter to the present time, of the commission and powers conferred by Jesus Christ on the 12 apostles. | | | The major church in a diocese is the cathedral, where the bishop presides at worship and other ceremonies. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573737/Roman_Catholic_Church.html
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| | Roman Catholic Church, Catholicism |
| | In the Western (Latin) rite of the Catholic church, bishops and priests are ordinarily celibate. | | | The Roman Catholic church, the largest of the Christian churches, although present in all parts of the world, is identified as Roman because of its historical roots in Rome and because of the importance it attaches to the worldwide ministry of the bishop of Rome, the pope. | | | The Roman Catholic church's prohibition of remarriage after divorce is the strictest of the Christian churches, although the church does admit the possibility of annulments for marriages judged to be invalid. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/rcatholi.htm
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| | ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - LoveToKnow Article on ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH |
| | Catholics, since it advertises their claim that communion with the see of Rome is of the essence of Catholicity, and to Protestants, since it serves to emphasize the fact that the religion of modern Rome differs widely in many important respects from that of the undivided medieval Church. | | | In doctrine the Roman Catholic Church is divided from the orthodox communions of the East mainly by the claims of the papacy, which the Orientals reject, and the question of the Procession of the Holy Ghost (see CHURCH HISTORY). | | | The great dogmas of the Christian Church were shaped by the interplay of the subtle wits of the theologians of the Oriental Churches. |
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http://23.1911encyclopedia.org/R/RO/ROMAN_CATHOLIC_CHURCH.htm
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| | ROMAN CATHOLICISM |
| | In 313, the Roman Catholic Church was legally recognized by the Roman Emperor Constantine, and, in 380 it became the official religion of the Roman Empire. | | | Roman Catholics, however, "regard the [Roman Catholic] Church under the successor of Peter as the one, universal Church; other Christians are held to be 'in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church.'" | | | The Church is divided into Dioceses, which are the "fundamental unit[s] of organization in the Roman Catholic Church," and are each headed by a bishop named by the Pope. |
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http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/roman_catholicism.html
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| | Roman Catholicism: Catholic Church |
| | The Catholic Encyclopedia also includes positive reviews of the Hindu practice of Transcendental Meditation, the religion of Islam, and the destructive approach to Scripture known as Form Criticism. Such teachings indicate that The Catholic Encyclopedia is not free from doctrinal and spiritual errors. | | | The Catholic Church is the only true Church. | | | I object to the official teachings of the Catholic Church and in no way place a blanket statement on all Catholics, as only God knows their hearts. |
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http://www.myfortress.org/CATHOLOCISM.html
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| | Roman Catholic Church News |
| | Today is the feast of one of the greatest figures in Catholic history: St. Anselm, an Italian who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 until his death in 1109 and previously abbot of the great monastery of... | | | Some Oahu churches are holding talks to look at "The DaVinci Code" Two Honolulu Christian ministers will be quoting chapter and verse from the Book in coming appearances, not teaching from it, but poking holes... | | | Roman Catholic Church News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. |
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http://www.topix.net/religion/catholic
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| | The Roman Catholic Church Examined |
| | Much of the prestige of the church is centered on one man, the Pope, who is elected to ensure the continuance of the aims and ambitions of the church. | | | Catholics may be very devout, but unless they worship as God has commanded, they are worshipping an image of their own making. | | | The Church claims its beginnings to be with the apostles and Peter in particular. |
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http://cdelph.org/catholic.html
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| | Roman Catholic Church |
| | Today, the Catholic Church shows no signs of easing its historical attitudes towards indigenous peoples and women, and is actively opposing programs that would improve the lives of those in developing countries and women at large. | | | The teachings of the Church of Jerusalem had made their way to Ireland by way of North Africa and Spain, and with it's emphasis on the Feminine principles of harmony and unity, found a natural home within the Celtic commmunities. | | | Saul quickly fell out with the original followers of Christ, mainly regarding the role of women within their rituals and practices, but traveled to Rome where he was a key figure in the establishment of the Church of Rome, which became the Roman Catholic Church as we know it today. |
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http://www.geocities.com/newworldorder_themovie/catholicchurch.html
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| | ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HOMOSEXUALITY |
| | This assures that it is mainly official church pronouncements, and statements that are in agreement with the church's beliefs, which reach the public. | | | The church once taught that the sole purpose of sex -- and marriage -- was procreation. | | | But, since the Church still regards the main purpose of sex to be procreation, they insist that any ethical sexual act must be open to conception. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_rom.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canon Law |
| | Likewise, between the law of the Catholic Church and those of the non-Catholic Christian Churches or confessions, the Anglican Church and the various Eastern Orthodox Churches. | | | This was an important step towards the centralization and unification of the ecclesiastical law, especially as the Latin Catholic world hardly extended beyond the limits of the empire, Africa and the south of Spain having been lost to the Church through the victories of Islam. | | | On this positive Divine law depend the essential principles of the Church's constitution, the primacy, the episcopacy, the essential elements of Divine worship and the Sacraments, the indissolubility of marriage, etc. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09056a.htm
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| | Roman Catholic Church |
| | In the Middle East and North Africa the Catholic Church is present on two levels: The Roman Catholic Church and its local churches; and semi-independent churches through the Eastern Rite Churches. | | | About half of all catholics in the region of this encyclopaedia, are members of the Roman Catholic Church. | | | Local churches are administered though the Patriarch in Jerusalem. |
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http://i-cias.com/e.o/rom_cath.htm
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