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Die römisch-katholische Kirche ist die größte Kirche innerhalb des Christentums. Sie umfasst, im weiteren Sinne, 24 Teilkirchen eigenen Rechts mit eigenem Ritus: einerseits die lateinische Kirche, nach Mitgliederzahl die mit Abstand größte, zum anderen zusammenfassend als katholische Ostkirchen bezeichnete 23 weitere ...
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.
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time. The tradition of the Catholic Church claims it began with Jesus Christ and his teachings; the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the ...
Die römisch-katholische Kirche versteht sich gemeinsam mit den orthodoxen Kirchen als die Kirche Jesu Christi in ungebrochener geschichtlicher Kontinuität seit dem 50. Tag nach der Auferstehung ( Pfingsttag ), an dem gemäß dem Neuen Testament der Heilige Geist über die Apostel kam ( Apg 2,1ff. ).
With 23 percent of the United States ' population as of 2018, the Catholic Church is the country's second-largest religious grouping after Protestantism, and the country's largest single church or Christian denomination where Protestantism is divided into separate denominations. [3]
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2022. 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 Catholic Church has been the driving force behind some of the major events of world history including the Christianization of Western and Central Europe and Latin America, the spreading of literacy and the foundation of the universities, hospitals, the Western tradition of monasticism, the development of art and music, literature ...
