Halloween is actually a corruption of All Saints Eve (from the Old English - All Hallow's Eve), as such it is a Catholic Feast and the Church has never tried to get people to stop celebrating it, they have just tried to get people to celebrate it correctly and not concentrate on demons and mythological spirits.
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Actually, the Church did not become associated with Halloween, Halloween is the descendant of people who were celebrated the vigil of All Saints Day, or in old English, All Hallow's Eve. Thus our modern Halloween comes from a Church celebration.
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The Church is manifested to the world by its teachings and people coming to Church.
The people were protesting some corrupt practices in the Catholic Church.
There is no "Europe Catholic Church", there is the world-wide Catholic Church in Europe and everywhere else in the world, and its role is the same everywhere, to bring Christ to people and people to Christ and salvation.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, and His Bride. As such, It's work is to bring Our Blessed Lord to people and people to God.
'Lay people' is a term reffered to the common man by the church. Where there are priests and nuns and the people who attend the ceremony is termed as lay people.
The Old Catholic Church is a group of people who left the Catholic Church after the First Vatican Council. They, as indicated in the answer below, are no longer Catholic as they are not under the Holy Father. There 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..AnswerOnce you split from the leadership of the pope, you cease to be Catholic. Members of the Old Catholic Church are Catholic in name only.
Yes it is.
john Calvin was liked among all of his people and in the catholic church people were limited to their practices and beliefs
The Roman Catholic Church consists of: * 1. Us (the Laity) * 2. People that are ministers in the Church (the Clergy)