Catholic Church (disambiguation)

Template:Other uses2 Catholic Church may refer to:

• Catholic Church or Universal Church by Jesus Christ in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, known as the Pope, including the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches or Universal Churches. (Observation: Catholic object Universal in Latin and English Canonic ideology)
• Other churches expressing apostolic origins and traditions of catholicity, such as:
  • Eastern Orthodox Church, maintains the traditional concept of eastern-orthodox catholicity, self-designating as Eastern-Orthodox Catholic Church
  • Oriental Orthodox Church, maintains the traditional concept of oriental-orthodox and miaphysite catholicity, self-designating as Oriental-Orthodox Catholic Church
  • Assyrian Church of the East and Ancient Church of the East, maintains its own traditional concept of nestorian catholicity, also self-designating as Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of the East and Ancient Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of the East respectfully
  • Lutheran Churches, maintain their own traditional concept of catholicity, holding that it represents the Catholic Church under Lutheran theology
  • Anglican Communion, maintains the Anglican concept of catholicity under leadership by English/British Monarchy
  • Independent Catholic denominations that self-subscribe as [eastern/western] Catholic Churches
    • Old Catholic Church denominations that reject changes by First Vatican Council and also self-subscribed as the Original Catholic Churches
• Catholic church building

See also

• "One, holy, catholic and apostolic church"
• Catholic (disambiguation)
• Roman Catholic Church (disambiguation)
• Orthodox Church (disambiguation)