English-Latvian translations for catholic church

• Katoļu baznīca
  Katoļu baznīcas tiek iznīcinātas. Catholic churches are being destroyed.
  Šajā grozījumā tiek apmelots Katoļu baznīcas galva. This amendment maligns the head of the Catholic Church.
  Ķīna turpina vajāt katoļu baznīcas sekotājus. China continues to persecute followers of the Catholic Church.

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