Roman Catholicism

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Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian denomination, centered on the authority of the Pope and the teachings and sacramental traditions of the Catholic Church.

All labels observed (67)

Label Occurrences
Roman Catholicism canonical 13,870
Roman Catholic Church 8,586
Catholic Church 3,494

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic Church
Christian denomination
branch of Christianity
religious tradition
emphasizes sacramental theology
hasAdministrativeCenter Vatican City
hasApproximateNumberOfAdherents over 1.3 billion
hasCentralAuthority Holy See
surface form: Pope
hasClericalDiscipline mandatory celibacy for Latin-rite priests (with exceptions)
hasCoreCreed Apostles’ Creed
Nicene Creed
hasCurrentPope Pope Francis
hasEucharisticDoctrine transubstantiation
hasGlobalPresence worldwide
hasGoverningBody Roman Curia
hasLeaderTitle Holy See
surface form: Pope
hasLiturgicalLanguage Latin
hasLiturgicalYear Advent
Christmas season
Easter
surface form: Easter season

Lent
Ordinary Time
hasMajorFeast Christmas
Easter
Pentecost
hasMajorRegionOfAdherents Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
North America
hasMoralTeaching opposes abortion
opposes euthanasia
upholds indissolubility of sacramental marriage
hasNewTestamentCanon 27 books
hasNumberOfSacraments seven
hasOldTestamentCanon includes Deuterocanonical books
hasPrimaryRite Latin Rite
hasPrimaryWorshipService Mass
hasSacrament Anointing of the Sick
Baptism
Confirmation
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

Holy Orders
Matrimony
Penance
hasSpiritualCenter Rome
hasTeachingAuthority Holy Tradition
surface form: Magisterium
includesChurchSuiIuris Eastern Catholic Churches
Latin Rite
surface form: Latin Church
isInCommunionWith Holy See
isLargestChristianDenomination true
practices intercession of saints
recognizesCouncil Council of Trent
First Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
recognizesScripture Bible
teachesDoctrine Incarnation of Christ
Trinity
bodily resurrection
immortality of the soul
original sin
purgatory
salvation by grace
teachesDogma papal infallibility (under specific conditions)
usesBiblicalCanon Bible
surface form: Catholic biblical canon
venerates Virgin Mary
saints

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anjezë religion Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
this entity surface form: Catholic Church
Anjezë veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
this entity surface form: Catholic Church
Sisters of Loreto religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata affiliation Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
President Alfredo Cristiani religion Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Alfredo Cristiani
Owen Roe O'Neill religion Roman Catholicism
Nicolas Sarkozy religion Roman Catholicism
German Brazilians religion Roman Catholicism
Volga Germans religion Roman Catholicism
Lambeth 1930 Resolution on contraception criticizedBy Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Simon the Zealot veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Christian saints veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Catholic Church
Corpus Christi processions religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Corpus Christi processions endsAt Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Catholic church
Forty Hours Devotion religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Johann Christian Bach religion Roman Catholicism
Johann Christian Bach convertedTo Roman Catholicism
Josephine Baker religion Roman Catholicism
Charles-Louis religion Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Collège de Juilly denomination Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Capiz majorReligion Roman Catholicism
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
John Lydgate religion Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Catholicism
Austrians religion Roman Catholicism
Swiss Germans religion Roman Catholicism
Afro-Brazilians religion Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Catholicism
Afro-Arubans religion Roman Catholicism
Afro-Bonairians religion Roman Catholicism
Regla de Ocha isSyncretizedWith Roman Catholicism
Puerto Rican Espiritismo hasInfluenceFrom Roman Catholicism
Währinger Ortsfriedhof (historical) religion Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Michele Bianchi religion Roman Catholicism
Kingdom of Jaén religion Roman Catholicism
Kingdom of Jaén religiousInstitution Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Płońsk religionHistoricallyPresent Roman Catholicism
Christine Ebersole religion Roman Catholicism
Rod Steiger religion Roman Catholicism
Lloyd Carr religion Roman Catholicism
Mary of Guelders, Queen of Scots religion Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Mary of Guelders
Kingdom of Westphalia religion Roman Catholicism
Catherine of Braganza (as queen consort of Scotland) religion Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Catherine of Braganza
Queen Philippa of Hainault religion Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Catholic Church
Walsh School of Foreign Service affiliation Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
School of Medicine religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: Georgetown University School of Medicine
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
School of Nursing religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
subject surface form: School of Nursing at Georgetown University
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church
Luxembourgers religion Roman Catholicism