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The development of Christian basilicas began even before Constantine's reign: a 3rd-century mud-brick house at Aqaba had become a Christian church and was rebuilt as a basilica. [25] Within was a rectangular assembly hall with frescoes and at the east end an ambo, a cathedra, and an altar. [25]
To the category major basilica belong only the four great churches of Rome, which among other distinctions have a special holy door and to which a visit is always prescribed as one of the conditions for gaining the Roman Jubilee. Only the major basilicas may prefix their titles with the adjective sacrosancta (most holy). [7]
It was the Roman basilica used for meetings, markets, and courts of law that provided a model for the large Christian church and that gave its name to the Christian basilica. [3] Both Roman basilicas and Roman bath houses had at their core a large vaulted building with a high roof, braced on either side by a series of lower chambers or a wide ...
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 initial basilicas constructed in Rome during the 2nd century BC were influenced by Greek architectural models, reflecting the impact of Roman campaigns in Macedonia and Syria. The first small basilica was built on the Roman Forum, later occupied by the southern section of the Basilica Aemilia. This earliest structure, dating from the end of ...
It is also known as the Roman Church (Latin: Ecclesia Romana), [4] [5] the Latin Catholic Church, [6] [7] and in some contexts as the Roman Catholic Church (though this name can also refer to the Catholic Church as a whole). [8] [a] One of the pope's traditional titles in some eras and contexts has been the Patriarch of the West. [9]
The vocabulary of ancient Roman religion was highly specialized. Its study affords important information about the religion, traditions and beliefs of the ancient Romans. This legacy is conspicuous in European cultural history in its influence on later juridical and religious vocabulary in Europe, particularly of the Christian Church.
While St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is perhaps the church most associated with the papacy, the actual cathedral of the Holy See is the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in the city of Rome. [note 3] In the Roman Catholic Church, only the see of the Pope bears the right to be addressed symbolically as "holy". [24]