A Parish is a community of Catholics within a set of geographical boundaries, headed by a Pastor, gathering within a church building, the place of worship. Some parishes are formed on these territorial boundaries while others are formed on the basis of ethnicity or language. A parish belongs to a diocese, headed by a Bishop.
A mission is a place of liturgical worship that may be used seasonally and is attached to a local territorial parish. A mission can also be the term used for a personal parish for the care of souls of a specific group who do not have their own place of worship but use those of a territorial parish.
Reference: Archdioces of Toronto (see link below)
Nearly all Catholic churches are parish churches. Even the diocesan cathedral is a parish church that serves the people in the area as well as the diocese as a whole.
a synagouge is the temple of the jews. a church is the temple of the christians.
The main difference is that the Catholic Church has a lot more bright colours, whereas the Protestants are more bland.
The main difference between the two churches is that the Protestant church believes that they should not have sculptures and paintings to worship. Whereas the Cathloic church believes that if you have images of what you are worshipping, you will have a deeper and stronger faith.
The Catholic Church is the oldest single Christian denomination, founded when Jesus told Peter "Though art the rock, and upon thee I will build me church". The Fourth Watch is a latter day Pentecostal church. The difference between them is almost impossible to describe, but to give you an idea: Think of the Catholic Church as ballroom dancing. Think of the Fourth Watch as disco dancing. I am at a loss to explain the difference any better than that.
Iglesia is Spanish for church. It can mean a particular building or it can refer, as it does in English, to the universal Catholic (capital C) Church.
The Metropolitan Church is a Protestant denomination made up of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and communities. The Catholic Church is not.
When you speak of "a church" you are usually, but not always, speaking about a particular building used for religion functions. When you are peaking of "the church" you are usually, but not always, speaking of an organized religion like the Roman Catholic Church, The Coptic Church, or the Russian Orthodox church.
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Popes are the head of the Catholic Church and chosen by the church. Kings are people who inherit the crown through family members.
In the Catholic Church Right Reverend usually refers to an abbot of a monastery, although in England it could also be used for a Bishop who was not an Archbishop.
Orthodox priests could marry, Catholic priests could not.
Seeing as there is no break in historical continuity between the early Church and the Catholic Church, the symbol that applied to the early Church by definition represents the Catholic Church.