Roman Catholic Church (Bk.1) (Simple Guides) - Softcover

Hartley, Edmund

 
9781860340239: Roman Catholic Church (Bk.1) (Simple Guides)

Synopsis

The Roman Catholic Church has at its head the pope in Rome in direct line of succession to St. Peter, appointed by Jesus Christ in circa AD33 to be the "head" of the new Christian church. All other Christian traditions reject the Pope's supremacy (together with the principle of "infallibility" when the Pope rules on Church dogma); but above all, the Roman Catholic is distinguished from other traditions on account of the Mass. There are other Christian traditions, many based on Protestantism which emerged in the 16th century with the teachings of Luther and Calvin, as well as Greek and Russian Orthodox traditions. The Catholic Church in Britain is the most active of all the churches with a committed congregation of over 4,000,000; Roman Catholicism is the biggest organized religion in the world with over 500 million followers.

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