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| [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]] | [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]] | ||
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| The '''Catholic Church''', also known as the '''Roman Catholic Church''', is the world's largest [[Christian Church|Christian church]], with 1.2 billion members worldwide. | The '''Catholic Church''', also known as the '''Roman Catholic Church''', is the world's largest [[Christian Church|Christian church]], with 1.2 billion members worldwide. | ||
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| *[[Art in Roman Catholicism]] | *[[Art in Roman Catholicism]] | ||
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| *[[Saeculum obscurum]] | *[[Saeculum obscurum]] | ||
| *[[Criticism of the Catholic Church]] | *[[Criticism of the Catholic Church]] | ||
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Illustration: The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich by (1885) by Gabriel Cornelius von Max
Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)
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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with 1.2 billion members worldwide.
It is also the largest single religious denomination in the world.
It traces its origins to the Christianity founded by Jesus Christ.
See also
- Art in Roman Catholicism
- Rome's conversion to Christianity
- Saeculum obscurum
- Criticism of the Catholic Church
- Anti-clericalism
- Catholic guilt
- Catholic Legion of Decency
- Catholic theology of the body
- Catholic–Protestant Schism
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum
See also
- Magisterium
- Theology
- Secret Vatican Archives
- Catholicism and sexuality
- Folk Catholicism
- Anti-Catholicism
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