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Catholicism

[ kuh-thol-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the faith, system, and practice of the Catholic Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
  2. (lowercase) catholicity.


Catholicism

/ əˈθɒɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. the beliefs, practices, etc, of any Catholic Church
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Catholicism

  1. The beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church .
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Catholicism1

First recorded in 1600–10; Catholic + -ism
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It was not until August 2019, at the age of 35, that he formally converted to Catholicism at a Dominican priory in Cincinnati.

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Catholicism undoubtedly led me to prize compassion and social justice, but I’d never specifically connected this to my early impressions of Jesus.

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They push for a Catholicism that doesn't take care of the poor, but takes away regulations for polluting businesses and reduces taxes for the rich, while cutting benefits for the poor.

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My mother was an adult convert to Catholicism and frequently wrote to priests.

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Evangelical Christianity will, by some predictions, overtake Catholicism as Brazil's biggest religion by the end of the decade.

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