The Catholic Church was the only church in the Middle Ages and the pope ruled the church and monarchies of Europe.
Protestants.
A Roman Catholic is a Christian who considers themselves a member of the Roman Catholic Church which accepts the pope as its leader.
A Roman Catholic is a Christian who considers themselves a member of the Roman Catholic Church which accepts the pope as its leader.
For any devoted follower of the Roman Catholic Church System, from childhood through adulthood, there is none more influential then the priests and nuns.
You can say Monks are devoted to the service of the church, esp. in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox denominations Monks are like a children of god
The entire 200's is devoted to religion. From 201 through 289.9 is devoted to Christianity. The only numbers specifically devoted to Catholicism (in that range) is 230.042 which is Catholic theology, and the 282's which is the Roman Catholic Church (you can tell Dewey spoke English, and was a protestant, as they are the only ones who use "Roman" with Catholic Church, the Catholic Church never uses it in her official documents.
The Roman Empire had a lot to do with the spread of Christianity as we see it today. When Rome decided to unite the empire by advocating allegiance to a specific religion, they merged many different religions together to form what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church. Many non Christian traditions and beliefs were combined with Christianity to form a new religion. The Roman Emperor Constantine, who converted to Christianity later in his life, played a big part in this conversion. After the Roman Empire crumbled and throughout the middle ages the church held tremendous power and worked alongside the various monarchies of the time to create a duel devotion to God and to your particular king. Because of this, the church held power over monarchs and would threaten to remove their support if the rulers would not follow the church's wishes. Fear of revolt by the population that was predominately Christian made most of the monarchies fully support the church.
The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.
The Holy Roman Empire was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty. The Habsburgs had a vast amount of power and wealth and were devout Catholics. The Habsburgs were the Vatican's main backing and helped the Papacy control the surrounding European monarchies.
Roman Catholicism is the largest religion in the country, although the Catholic Church is no longer officially the state religion. 88% of Italians identified themselves as Roman Catholic, although only about 37% of these described themselves as active members.
No, the Roman Catholic priesthood is reserved for men. There are some formerly Catholic women who claim to have had themselves ordained in the Catholic church, but their "ordination" is not valid or licit.