Votive means optional.
Votive
I was stuck on this too - the answer is VOTIVE. Thanks to another 'puzzler'
There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.
You would use the phrase Roman Catholic Church as a noun, because it's a name. For example, "The Roman Catholic Church is headquarted in Vatacin City" or "John is a member of the Roman Catholic Church". Tip: there is no Roman Catholic Church. It is the Catholic Church.
Well, "catholic" spelled with a lower-case "c", is a word meaning, "all-inclusive". It is not necessarily a religious word, at all. Roman Catholic is a Christian religion, and the word, "Catholic" is a religious word meaning, "all-inclusive" or "available to all". There are 2 Catholic churches. The church in Roman-held areas was a rival to the church in areas of what is now Turkey. The head of that church was in Byzantium. Eventually, the 2 church group broke apart, one being called the Roman Catholic church, and the other being called the Byzantine Catholic church. The Byzantine Catholic church is today better know as the Greek Orthodox church and Russian Orthodox church. Thus church follows the old, old practices that the Roman Catholic church has abandoned or altered over the years.
Universal or general; as, the catholic faith., Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes., Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act., A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church., An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic.
the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church
Actually, nowhere, as there is no "Roman Catholic" religion. It’s just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. The Catholic faith is celebrated everywhere, which is one of the reasons it has the name Catholic, meaning universal or according to the whole.
The Roman Catholic Church was modernized by Vatican II.
Mary is our mother in the Roman Catholic Church.
Roman Catholic Church in Piešťany was created in 1832.