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During the Liberal democracy period in Indonesia and Guided Democracy that followed it under Sukarno, the common phrase used in speech and formal meetings was "Merdeka", the Indonesian and Malay word for independence or freedom, or variations of it such as "Salam Merdeka ".
The word catholic (derived via Late Latin catholicus, from the ancient Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos) ' universal ') [3] [4] comes from the Greek phrase καθόλου (katholou) ' on the whole, according to the whole, in general ', and is a combination of the Greek words κατά (kata) ' about ' and ὅλος (holos) ' whole '.
Soegijapranata Catholic University (Indonesian: Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata), abbreviated as SCU, is an Indonesian Catholic institution with an institutional accreditation of A. It is located in the city of Semarang , Central Java and under the auspices of the Sandjojo Foundation which is affiliated with Archdiocese of Semarang.
The Catholic Church in Indonesia (Indonesian: Gereja Katolik di Indonesia) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. Catholicism is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
Indonesia's 29.4 million Christians constituted 10.47% of the country's population in 2023, with 7.41% Protestant (20.8 million) and 3.06% Catholic (8.6 million). Some provinces in Indonesia are majority Christian. In Indonesia, the word Kristen (lit. ' Christian ') refers to Protestantism, while Catholicism is referred to as Katolik.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism, converts often take a new name at the time of their reception into the church.When deciding on a name for their child, Orthodox parents will often name the child after a saint whose feast day falls on either the day of the child's birth or the day of its baptism.
Petra Christian University (Indonesian: Universitas Kristen Petra) abbreviated as UKP or PCU, is a private Christian university in Indonesia, located in Wonocolo District in Surabaya, East Java. It was established in 1961, founded by PPPK Petra , an educational Christian based in Surabaya which established in 1951.
The Catholic Party of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Partai Katolik Republik Indonesia, PKRI), or simply known as the Catholic Party (Partai Katolik, PK), was a political party in the Dutch East Indies and later Indonesia for the Catholic community which existed from 1923 to 1973.