Catholicism lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
• the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
• 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)