Catholic Church (disambiguation)

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The Catholic Church, sometimes called the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church body.

Catholic Church may also refer to:

• One of the 24 particular churches sui iuris that form the Catholic Church:
  • The Latin Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church or, historically, as the Western Church
  • The Eastern Catholic Churches, 23 Eastern churches in full communion with the Catholic Church
• Independent Catholicism, churches that broke away from the Catholic Church
  • Churches within Old Catholicism
  • The Philippine Independent Church
• Other churches expressing apostolic origins and traditions of catholicity, such as:
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church
  • The Oriental Orthodox Churches
  • The Assyrian Church of the East
  • The Ancient Church of the East
  • Churches within Anglicanism
• Certain denominations in Protestantism
  • Churches within Lutheranism
• State church of the Roman Empire

See also

• Four Marks of the Church i.e. "one, holy, catholic and apostolic church"
• Catholicism (disambiguation)
• Catholic (disambiguation)
• Roman Catholic Church (disambiguation)
• Orthodox Church (disambiguation)
• National Catholic Church (disambiguation)
• Traditionalist Catholicism
• Illidius

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