Catholicism
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The Christian faith, practice, or system of the Catholic Church, specifically the Roman Catholic, the Christian church that is characterized by a hierarchic structure of bishops and priests in which doctrinal and disciplinary authority are dependent upon apostolic succession, with the pope as head of the episcopal college. (From Webster, 3d ed; American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)
Synonyms
- Roman Catholicism
- Catholicism, Roman
- Roman Catholic Ethics
- Ethic, Roman Catholic
- Ethics, Roman Catholic
- Roman Catholic Ethic
- Roman Catholics
- Catholic, Roman
- Catholics, Roman
- Roman Catholic
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