Catholic Church (disambiguation)

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Catholic Church most often refers to:

• The Roman Catholic Church, i.e. the Latin Rite (Western) and the 22 Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope)
• Those churches which, collectively, claim apostolic origins and historical traditions of Catholicism, but not necessarily in the Roman tradition, including the Orthodox and Anglican churches
• Most broadly, the Christian Church in general (in English the uncapitalized form of "catholic" is used in this sense; this is the sense that some attach to the phrase in the Apostles' Creed)

Other groups using the term Catholic Church in their name include:

• The American Catholic Church in the United States
• The Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church
• The Antiochian Catholic Church in America
• The Christ Catholic Church
• The Ecumenical Catholic Church
• The Evangelical Catholic Church
• The Liberal Catholic Church
• The National Catholic Church of America
• The Old Catholic Church
• The Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
• The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA)
• The Polish National Catholic Church

See also

• Breakaway Catholics
• History of the term "Catholic", use of the term "Catholic" in a religious context
• Independent Catholic churches

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