What does catholicism mean?

Definitions for catholicism
kəˈθɒl əˌsɪz əmcatholi·cism

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Catholicism, Catholicitynoun

    the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church

Wiktionary

  1. Catholicismnoun

    The faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church

  2. Catholicismnoun

    The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor.

  3. Catholicismnoun

    Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

  4. Etymology: Compare catholicisme

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Catholicismnoun

    Adherence to the catholick church.

    Etymology: from catholick.

Wikipedia

  1. Catholicism

    The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2019. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. The church consists of 24 sui iuris churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor to Saint Peter, upon whom primacy was conferred by Jesus Christ. It maintains that it practises the original Christian faith taught by the apostles, preserving the faith infallibly through scripture and sacred tradition as authentically interpreted through the magisterium of the church. The Roman Rite and others of the Latin Church, the Eastern Catholic liturgies, and institutes such as mendicant orders, enclosed monastic orders and third orders reflect a variety of theological and spiritual emphases in the church.Of its seven sacraments, the Eucharist is the principal one, celebrated liturgically in the Mass. The church teaches that through consecration by a priest, the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. The Virgin Mary is venerated as the Perpetual Virgin, Mother of God, and Queen of Heaven; she is honoured in dogmas and devotions. Catholic social teaching emphasizes voluntary support for the sick, the poor, and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Catholic Church operates thousands of Catholic schools, universities and colleges, hospitals, and orphanages around the world, and is the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world. Among its other social services are numerous charitable and humanitarian organizations. The Catholic Church has profoundly influenced Western philosophy, culture, art, music and science. Catholics live all over the world through missions, diaspora, and conversions. Since the 20th century, the majority have resided in the Southern Hemisphere, partially due to secularization in Europe and increased persecution in the Middle East. The Catholic Church shared communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church until the East–West Schism in 1054, disputing particularly the authority of the pope. Before the Council of Ephesus in AD 431, the Church of the East also shared in this communion, as did the Oriental Orthodox Churches before the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451; all separated primarily over differences in Christology. The Eastern Catholic Churches, who have a combined membership of approximately 18 million, represent a body of Eastern Christians who returned or remained in communion with the pope during or following these schisms for a variety of historical circumstances. In the 16th century, the Reformation led to Protestantism also breaking away. From the late 20th century, the Catholic Church has been criticized for its teachings on sexuality, its doctrine against ordaining women, and its handling of sexual abuse cases involving clergy.

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  1. catholicism

    Catholicism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes teachings and traditions passed down from the apostles and popes of the Roman Catholic Church. It is distinguished by its belief in the Pope as the leader and representative of Christ on Earth, its liturgical traditions including the seven sacraments, and doctrines such as Transubstantiation and the Immaculate Conception of Mary. It is one of the oldest and largest branches of Christianity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Catholicismnoun

    the state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity

  2. Catholicismnoun

    liberality of sentiment; breadth of view

  3. Catholicismnoun

    the faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto

  4. Catholicismnoun

    the doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto

  5. Etymology: [Cf. F. catholicisme.]

Wikidata

  1. Catholicism

    Catholicism is a broad term for describing specific traditions in the Christian churches in theology and doctrine, liturgy, ethics and spirituality. For many the term usually refers to Christians and churches, western and eastern, in full communion with the Holy See, usually known as the Catholic Church or the Roman Catholic Church. However, many others use the term to refer to other churches with historical continuity from the first millennium. In the sense of indicating historical continuity of faith and practice, the term "Catholicism" is at times employed to mark a contrast to Protestantism, which tends to look solely to the Bible as interpreted on the principles of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation as its ultimate standard. It was thus used by the Oxford Movement. For some, however, such as the priest and theologian Richard McBrien, the term refers exclusively and specifically to that "Communion of Catholic Churches" in communion with the Bishop of Rome. In its Letter on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith stressed that the idea of the universal church as a communion of churches must not be presented as meaning that "every particular Church is a subject complete in itself, and that the universal church is the result of a reciprocal recognition on the part of the particular Churches". It insisted that "the universal Church cannot be conceived as the sum of the particular Churches, or as a federation of particular Churches".

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Catholicism

    The Christian faith, practice, or system of the Catholic Church, specifically the Roman Catholic, the Christian church that is characterized by a hierarchic structure of bishops and priests in which doctrinal and disciplinary authority are dependent upon apostolic succession, with the pope as head of the episcopal college. (From Webster, 3d ed; American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of catholicism in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of catholicism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of catholicism in a Sentence

  1. Gerry Connolly:

    For a lot of members, the outrage is personal, and it's not about Catholicism, it's about this relationship with this personal counselor. It's very offensive personally to a lot of members.

  2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    fire pon rome- the rastaman did sing this truth, and like so many he suffered the consequences in babylon. Babylonian catholicism tried to silence him, yet rome was destroyed by nero in an a.D. 64 fire.- the truth.

  3. Lenny Bruce:

    The thing with Catholicism, the same as all religions, is that it teaches what should be, which seems rather incorrect. This is what should be. Now, if you're taught to live up to a what should be that never existed -- only an occult superstition, no proof of this should be -- then you can sit on a jury and indict easily, you can cast the first stone, you can burn Adolf Eichmann, like that!

  4. Terrisa Bukovinac:

    Joe Biden supporting a woman’s right to choose a brutal death for her unborn child isn’t just out of step with Catholicism, it’s out of step with human rights, feminism demands equality for all and that must include the unborn.

  5. Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan:

    This Pope has become a figure like Gandhi, or (President John F.) Kennedy, going beyond their own cultural surroundings. This Pope has gone beyond Catholicism. Of course he's leader of the Catholics, but many accept him as a moral leader, for someone like me -- who had worked on this problem for 40 years and became depressed last 10 years that I see the change happening but no action taken -- we see him as the hope.

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