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Church (congregation), a religious organization that meets in a particular location; Congregation (Roman Curia), an administrative body of the Catholic Church; Religious congregation, a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church; Congregation (group of houses), in some religious orders of the Catholic Church
Church (congregation), a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location; Confessional community, a group of people with similar religious beliefs; Institute of consecrated life, a Catholic association bound by vows; Religious identity, the sense of membership in a religious group and its importance to one's self-concept
Eastern Orthodox honorifics and titles; Role Description Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: Ecumenical Patriarch [insert name], His All-Holiness, Your All-Holiness.
A church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location, often for worship.Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by-laws, maintain offices, are served by clergy or lay leaders, and, in nations where this is permissible, often seek non-profit corporate status.
A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – in that members take simple vows , whereas members of religious orders take solemn vows .
Other churches that are viewed by non-adherents as denominational are highly decentralized and do not have any formal denominational structure, authority, or record-keeping beyond the local congregation; several groups within the Restoration Movement and congregational churches fall into this category. Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
Each congregation operates as an autonomous or independent subdivision of the religious order, and is presided over by a superior with a title such as abbot general, arch-abbot, abbot president, president, abbot ordinary, provost general or superior 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.