Humanities

Catholicism

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)

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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)

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  • Roman Catholicism
  • Catholicism, Roman
  • Roman Catholic Ethics
  • Roman Catholics
  • Catholic, Roman
  • Catholics, Roman
  • Ethic, Roman Catholic
  • Ethics, Roman Catholic
  • Roman Catholic
  • Roman Catholic Ethic

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Indexed with the subheadings history, psychology.

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  1. K01w.844w.188w.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Catholicism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002410. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002410
  2. Catholicism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism
  3. Catholicism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1841