Catholic / Roman Catholic / Ecclesia Catholica

The Roman Catholic Church (Latin ‘Ecclesia Catholica’) is the largest and most traditional Church worldwide and is based on the teachings of Christ himself. Its largest church building being St. Peters Basilica in Rome.

*A Christian church with a hierarchy of Priests, Bishops and Pope with a liturgy centered in the Mass, the Veneration of the Virgin Mary and the Saints, clerical celibacy and a body of dogma including transubstantiation and papal infallibility*.

Transubstantiation doctrine is the change of the substance of bread and wine becoming the ‘Body and Blood of Christ’.

The Roman Catholic church has its principal offices in Vatican City, Rome, and centers on the Holy Trinity, Eucharistic Sacrifice, the Traditional Mass and Holy Sacraments. These Sacraments are believed instituted by Christ himself.

*Merriam-Webster

 

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