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No, there are several churches that tack on the title 'Catholic' to their names but who are not in union with Rome and not true Catholic Churches. Examples: The Old Catholic Church, the American Catholic Church, the American Charismatic Catholic Church, etc. Some allow married clergy and female priests. Your question is not very clear. The Roman Catholic Church limits its clergy to men only but could not be classified as 'liberal' in the way that some of the non-Catholic 'Catholic' denominations listed above cold be.
There is only one Catholic Church. There are no divisions. There are some non-Catholic denominations who call themselves Catholic but who are not Catholic, they are Protestant. If the church is not united under the pope in Rome, it is not a Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church is over a billion members !
The revolt is referred to as the Reformation, an attempt by Christian groups to reject some practices that had developed in the Roman Catholic faith.
Here's a basic answer for you... A Catholic is a follower of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is founded on the teachings of Jesus. Unlike some other Christian Churches, the Catholic Church is Apostolic. This means the lines of leadership in the Catholic Church come directly from Jesus' Apostles.
Yes it is.
No, the church consisted of small groups that would meet together under no certain name. Just believers in Christ. The formalities of the catholic church developed centuries later.Roman Catholic AnswerYes, Our Blessed Lord established His Church (which is the Catholic Church) on Saint Peter before He died. There was no other Church until the eleventh century when the Orthodox Church broke away from the Catholic Church. Centuries later there were some minor groups which broke away such as the Old Catholics, and the Society of St. Pius X. Protestantism was started in the sixteenth century, but they lost apostolic succession and thus have no valid priesthood, and no valid sacraments, and thus cannot be called "churches" at all.
The Catholic Church has never practiced animal sacrifice nor does the Church endorse it. You may be referring to Santeria which is practiced in some Caribbean countries as a form of witchcraft by some claiming to be Catholic but it is not part of the Church and is not approved by the Church. Anything which even hints of superstition is considered as sinful by the Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Liberal Catholic Church has no relation whatsoever to the Catholic Church. Some of the things they believe would put them more in the satanic realm according to Catholic theology. Please be careful.
The evidence of the Bible is that there was a great deal of diversity in Christianity during the first century. Gradually one group began to dominate and went on to become what is now known to scholars as the Catholic-Orthodox Church. This group subsequently began to splinter, with some groups such as the Coptics and Arians leaving the main Church. The Great Schism of 1054 resulted in the separation of the unified Church into what we now know as the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Protestant Churches left the Roman Catholic in the Reformation, and so can claim to share the heritage of the Catholic Church. No one modern Church can really claim to be the original Christian Church to the exclusion of all others. The books that now form the New Testament were the ones selected by the Catholic-Orthodox Church, and they do warn against other Christian groups, with references to "false prophets" and "heretics". But they do not mention the Roman Catholic Church.