English-Finnish translations for Catholic Church

• katolinen kirkko
  Kaikkien uskontokuntien kirkot, katolinen kirkko mukaan luettuna, ovat osa Eurooppaa. Churches of all denominations, including the Catholic Church, are a part of Europe.
  Haluan toistaa, että katolinen kirkko ja monet Ranskan kirkot suhtautuvat hyvin epäillen tähän lainsäädäntöön. I wish to repeat that the Catholic Church and many churches in France are very sceptical about this legislation.
  Katolinen kirkko tarjoutui välikädeksi neuvotteluissa laittomien itsepuolustusjoukkojen kanssa, ja päätin antaa neuvottelujen jatkua. The Catholic Church offered to mediate with the illegal vigilantes and I decided to allow it to continue.
• yhtenäinen kirkko

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