English-Estonian translations for Catholic Church

• Katoliku kirik
  Katoliku kirik ja paljud teised usutunnistused on võitluses inimväärikuse austamise eest meie liitlased. The Catholic Church and many other confessions are our allies in the fight to ensure respect for human dignity.
  Pekingi kommunistlikud asutused on kindlaks määranud usustruktuurid, mida ametlik katoliku kirik ei tunnusta. The Communist authorities in Beijing have appointed special ecclesiastical structures which are not recognised by the official Catholic Church.
  Katoliku kirik on liikmesriikidest sõltumatu ning tal on õigus võidelda AIDSiga omal moel, isegi kui meie arvates oleks seda võimalik paremini teha. The Catholic Church is independent of the Member States and has the right to fight against AIDS in its own way, even if we believe that this could be done better.

Definition of Catholic Church

• The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome
• Literally "universal church", the whole body of Christendom, especially before the division into Western and Eastern churches
• Any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" based on its affirmation of the Nicene Creed, such as any of the Anglican Churches

Examples

• The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, comprising almost half of all Christians in the world.

Related words

• Catholic
• Catholicism
• Anglo-Catholic
• anticatholic
• catholicon
• catholicity
• Catholically
• catholicos
• recatholicization
• Catholicize