The Latin Church (Latin: Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute...
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Ecclesiastical Latin, also called Church Latin or Liturgical Latin, is a form of Latin developed to discuss Christian thought in Late antiquity and used...
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The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who...
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Most of Johann Sebastian Bach's extant church music in Latin—settings of (parts of) the Mass ordinary and of the Magnificat canticle—dates from his Leipzig...
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Western civilization. The church consists of 24 sui iuris churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3...
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Doctor of the Church (Latin: doctor "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis), is a title given...
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Latin (Lingua Latina, Latin: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum, Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European...
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Latin Rite may refer to: The Latin Church, a sui iuris church of the Catholic Church The Latin liturgical rites, a family of Christian rites and uses which...
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re-established a resident Latin patriarch in 1847. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem is now the archbishop of Latin Church Catholics of the Archdiocese...
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The Latin Church of the Catholic Church has several dispersed populations of members in the Middle East, notably in Turkey, Cyprus and the Levant (Syria...
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the Latin Church, they are all in full communion with it and with each other. Eastern Catholics are a distinct minority within the Catholic Church; of...
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Latin Church, which is the largest autonomous particular church within the broader Catholic Church, and took its name from its origins in the Latin-speaking...
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effective." On the canonical age for confirmation in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the present (1983) Code of Canon Law, which maintains unaltered...
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Many medieval churches are designed using the Latin cross plan. When looked at from above, it takes the shape of a Latin cross. A Latin cross plan primarily...
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children of commoners to attend Latin schools, especially if they were expected to pursue a career within the church. Although Latin schools existed in many parts...
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The Catholic Church in Latin America began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas and continues up to the present day. In the later part of the...
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A particular church (Latin: ecclesia particularis) is an ecclesiastical community of followers headed by a bishop (or equivalent), as defined by Catholic...
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Western Christianity (redirect from Western Church)
Christianity is composed of the Latin Church and Western Protestantism, together with their offshoots such as the Old Catholic Church, Independent Catholicism...
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Eastern Christianity (redirect from Eastern church)
term Eastern Church increasingly came to be used for the Greek Church centered in Constantinople, in contrast with the (Western) Latin Church, centered on...
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Canon law (redirect from Law of the Church)
governing the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches), the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the individual...
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Patriarch (redirect from Patriarchs of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church)
patriarchal heads of Catholic autonomous churches are: The Patriarch of Rome (Pope), as head of the Latin Church The Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria...
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Acolyte (section Latin Church)
meaning an attendant, via Late Latin acolythus. In the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches, the nearest equivalent of acolyte...
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Tridentine Mass (redirect from Tridentine Latin Rite Catholic Church)
also known as the Traditional Latin Mass or the Traditional Rite, is the liturgy in the Roman Missal of the Catholic Church codified in 1570 and published...
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Churches—are assigned to govern local regions within the Catholic Church known as dioceses in the Latin Church and eparchies in the Eastern Churches....
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Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the Latin Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman...
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(Acts 2: 42; 8:14; 19:6). The Eastern Churches followed the Sacraments of Initiation from early days. Latin Church, though administered the three sacraments-...
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History of Christianity in Ukraine (redirect from Church of Ukraine)
Hungary in the past. Western Christian bodies including the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and several Protestant denominations have had a limited presence...
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of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Before the Second Vatican Council, Latin Church priests could lawfully celebrate Mass only on a properly consecrated...
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Catholic Church, it is in full communion with the Holy See. It is the second-largest particular church in the Catholic Church after the Latin Church. The...
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true fasting. Contemporary canonical legislation for Catholics of the Latin Church sui juris (who comprise most Catholics) is rooted in the 1966 Apostolic...
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