Catholic Church

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Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church

the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

Old Catholic Church

Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century

Byzantine Church, Eastern Church

the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire

Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Church

derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites

Uniat Church, Uniate Church

any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgy

Greek Church, Greek Orthodox Church

state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church

an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia

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Christian church, church

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship