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What did the western roman-catholic church believe was the head of the church?
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Because the West is where the successor to St. Peter is, and Catholics believe that the Successor of Peter is the Vicar of Christ and supreme head of the whole church.
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Catholic AnswerBelieve it or not, there is no "western Roman-Catholic Church", 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. Nor is there a "western" Church, the Catholic Church is universal, and most of the Eastern Orthodox Churches are only composed of half of that rite, the rest are still Catholic..
Regardless, the head of the Church has always been Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ. He founded the Church before His Crucifixion as His Mystical Body on earth and appointed St. Peter and his successors as His Vicars on earth. So the visible head of the Church is the successor of St. Peter, the Pope in Rome.
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∙ 10y agoThere is no "Roman Catholic Church". 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.
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The head of the Catholic Church is Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ. He founded the Church on the Apostle Peter, and send the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, to guide it always. The successor of St. Peter, the pope, is Christ's appointed Vicar on earth, see St. Matthew 16:17-19, and Isaiah 22:15-25 on which it is based.
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