English-German translations for Catholic Church

• Katholische Kirche die
  Frau Senyszyn klagte die katholische Kirche der Unterdrückung von Frauen an. Mrs Senyszyn accused the Catholic Church of oppressing women.
  Die römisch-katholische Kirche wurde weiterhin in den Untergrund getrieben. The Roman Catholic Church has largely been driven underground.
  Die Rumänische Griechisch-Katholische Kirche wurde in der Zeit des Kommunismus verboten. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church was banned during the Communist era.

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