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Hippolytus, church father, sometimes termed the first Antipope, reconciled with the church and died a martyr 217~236; Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, martyr 218~258; Clement of Alexandria, church father, Bishop of Alexandria ~220; Novatian, a rigorist and Antipope in 251; Dionysius, patriarch of Alexandria, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church 248~264
Some of the new words and phrases introduced by William Tyndale in his translation of the Bible did not sit well with the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, using words like 'Overseer' rather than 'Bishop' and 'Elder' rather than 'Priest', and (very controversially), 'congregation' rather than 'Church' and 'love' rather than 'charity'.
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, it started from the day of Pentecost at the upper room of Jerusalem; [1] the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the Disciples of Jesus.
The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.
Church of the Last Testament: 1961– Chris Korda: Church of Euthanasia: 1962– Tamara Siuda: Kemetic Orthodoxy: 1969– Olumba Olumba Obu: Brotherhood of the Cross and Star: 1918–2003 Isak Gerson: Missionary Church of Kopimism: 1993– Erdoğan Çınar: Ishikism: 21st century Abdullah Hashem: Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light: 1983– J.R ...
Held in 431, the church in the Persian Empire refused to recognize its authority. In 451 the fourth council was the influential Council of Chalcedon; the Fifth was in 583, and the Sixth in 680–681. [198] The seventh council of the church in 787, the Second Council of Nicaea, was the last one the Byzantine Church recognized as a general ...
This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church.Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.
The Catholic Church, or Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. It considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded, [ 63 ] and which Saint Peter initiated along with the missionary work of Saint Paul and others.