Catholic Church (disambiguation)

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See also: Catholicism

[edit] The term Catholic Church is used...

In most common usage to mean:

• The Roman Catholic Church
• The Christian Church in general

In Eastern Christianity to mean:

• The Eastern Orthodox Church
• Oriental Orthodoxy
• The Assyrian Church of the East

Also in Western Christianity to mean:

• The Old Catholic Church
• The Polish National Catholic Church
• The Orthodox Catholic Church
• The Independent Catholic Churches
• The Anglican Communion
• The Continuing Anglican Churches

[edit] See also

• Anglo-Catholicism
• Branch Theory
• Catholic
• Four Marks of the Church
• Neo-Lutheranism