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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 first Christians were men and women who had known Jesus and who witnessed to his resurrection. [95] They were a Jewish sect with an apocalyptic eschatology. They regarded Jesus as Lord, resurrected messiah, and the eternally existing Son of God, [7] [96] [note 8] expecting the second coming of Jesus and the start of God's Kingdom. They ...
Early Christians referred to themselves as brethren, disciples or saints, but it was in Antioch, according to Acts 11:26, that they were first called Christians (Greek: Christianoi). [41] According to the New Testament, Paul the apostle established Christian communities throughout the Mediterranean world. [38]
O'Grady, John (1997), The Roman Catholic church: its origins and nature; Orlandis, Jose (1993). A Short History of the Catholic Church. Scepter Publishers. ISBN 1-85182-125-2. translated by Michael Adams in 1985 from Historia breve del Cristianismo, published 1983 by Ediciones Rialp, S.A. in Madrid.
[61] [62] Women in the church were prominent in church rolls, [63] [64] the Pauline epistles, [65] [66] and in early Christian art, [67] while much early anti-Christian criticism was linked to "female initiative" indicating their role in the movement. [61] [68] [69] [note 1] A folio from Papyrus 46, an early third-century collection of Pauline ...
The Early Church of Jerusalem is considered to be the first community of early Christianity.It was formed in Jerusalem after the crucifixion of Jesus.It proclaimed to Jews and non-Jews the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the forgiveness of sins and Jesus' commandments to prepare for his return and the associated end of the world.
[372] [373] Catholics maintain that the "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church" founded by Jesus subsists fully in the Catholic Church, but also acknowledges other Christian churches and communities [374] [375] and works towards reconciliation among all Christians. [374] The Catholic faith is detailed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church ...
1631 – Kingdom of Matamba (Roman Catholic Church) 1633 – Ethiopia returns from Catholic to Coptic; 1640 – Piscataway (Roman Catholic Church) 1642 – Huron-Wendat Nation (Roman Catholic Church) 1650 – Kingdom of Larantuka (Roman Catholic Church) 1654 – Onondaga (Roman Catholic Church) 1663–1665 – Kingdom of Loango (briefly Roman ...