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* [[History of the Roman Catholic Church]], [[Great Schism]], [[Counter-Reformation]], [[First Vatican Council]], [[Second Vatican Council|Second Vatican Council]]
* [[Roman Catholic Doctrine]], [[Roman Catholicism: Sacraments|Sacraments]], [[Roman Catholicism: Mass|Mass]], [[Justification by faith plus works]], [[Roman Catholicism: Sin|Sin]], [[Purgatory]], [[Roman Catholicism: Mary|Mary]]
* [[Roman Catholic Places Index]], [[Catholic Dioceses Index]]
* [[Catholic Encyclopedia]]
* [[Roman Catholicism: Consecrated Life|Consecrated Life and Religious Orders]] |
The Catholic Church is the largest Christian [[denomination]], with over a billion members. Its head-quarters are in Rome but it has congregations throughout the world. It claims to have an unbroken leadership first from [[Jesus Christ]], through the [[apostle Peter]] to the [[pope]] by [[Apostolic Succession]]. The [[Protestant]] churches split away from the Roman Catholic Church in the sixteenth century based on differences in opinion of [[doctrine]], especially the issue of [[Justification by faith]] alone versus [[Justification by faith plus works]].
It is often erroneously refered to as the Roman Catholic Church or Romanism. This simply means the Roman Rite of the [[Mass]]or the fact that it is headquartered in Rome. There are several other rites, the Byzantine being the next largest.
===[[History of Roman Catholicism]]===
