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The name "Roman Catholicism" denotes the beliefs of those Christians who are in communion with the Pope who, as the successor of St Peter as Bishop of...

Catholicism is the largest denomination within Christianity with approximately 1.2 billion people being members of the assembled body of Catholic believers...

An exception is made for certain Protestant ministers who convert to Catholicism. This Sacrament is given in cases of sickness, imminent death, or old...

nations to spread the ideals of Catholicism. The three most Catholic nations in Europe at the time were the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and France. Important...

Orthodox Christianity instead of Roman paganism, or what would become Roman Catholicism. It is a matter of debate when the Roman Empire officially ended and...

Orthodox Christianity instead of Roman paganism, or what would become Roman Catholicism. It is a matter of debate when the Roman Empire officially ended and...

convert to Catholicism himself in 1593. The civil war in France was ended by the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which reaffirmed that Catholicism was the official...

use in this page. The first is to organize it by the succession of each Roman Pontiff. The second way is to organize it by what was taking place within...

choose either Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism as the official confession. Calvinism was not allowed in the Holy Roman Empire until the Peace of Westphalia...

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Characters Evangelists An introduction to denominations Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism Protestant churches Mormonism (1830) Adventism (1863) Christian Science...

powerful critiques of organized religion. Of particular interest here is Roman Catholicism. It may be possible for this annotated text to eventually be expanded...

Meanwhile, another form of Christianity that had no imperial center, Catholicism, developed in western and central Europe. Although areas of small kingdoms...

one of nine Eucharistic Prayers. Eucharistic Prayer I (also called the Roman Canon) is particularly suited to days when this Eucharistic Prayer has a...

much of the activity of the Protestant Reformation, Lutheranism and Catholicism were in direct competition with one another. By saying that a prince...

Catholicism was the major religion during the Middle Ages. It was a sect based off the teachings of Jesus Christ and spread like rapid fire throughout...

The Roman Pontiff, as the successor of Saint Peter the Apostle, is the supreme pastor over the Catholic Church. Bishops, as the successors of the Apostles...

Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. The Athanasian Creed is also used. For Roman Catholics, suffering is meant to bring them closer to God, to merit graces...

converted to Christianity during the Roman Empire by missionaries, but practiced Arianism rather than Roman Catholicism. Christianity continued to thrive...

half-brother. Mary even resorted to violence in her attempt to restore Catholicism, earning her the nickname Bloody Mary. She executed several Protestants...