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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 weitere 23 ...
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.
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The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.
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. ).
The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one sixth of the world's population. It is made up of one Western and 23 Eastern Catholic churches and divided into 2,782 jurisdictional areas around the world.
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity of gifts and ministries necessary for genuine unity.
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 ...
