Yes. the phrase Holy Mother Church has long been used in reference to Rome, and the Catholic Church as a whole. Tragically, a church by this very name- Ste. Mere Eglise- literally- figured in the battle of Normandy.
Mary is our mother in the Roman Catholic Church.
My guess is the a Mother Church is one that has given birth, so to speak, to the coming into existence or the formation of that church. The Roman Catholic Church is referred to as Mother Church.
Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complex was created in 1878.
The Great Schism, or East-West Schism, in the Catholic Church, produced the Eastern Orthodox Church, in the East, and the Roman Catholic Church, in the West. Both claimed to be continuations of the original Church. There is an article at the link below.
She was a Catholic but did not work for any Church. She worked for God.
In the Orthodox Church he is. Not in the Catholic Church, though his mother, Helena, is.
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Yes.
The Catholic Church has never worshiped Mary. They worship God alone.
Mother Mary Mackillop was the first Australian to be canonized (declared a saint) by the Catholic Church.
There is a Lutheran Church and a Catholic Church but no Lutheran Catholic Church.
The two rival popes claimed authority.