Catholic Church

Учитель МБОУ СОШ №68 г. Липецка Воронцова Татьяна Витальевна

Division of the church

Christianity

West (Catholics)

The center was in Rome

East-Greek

(orthodox believers)The center was inConstantinople

1054

Vatican is the center of Catholic church

• Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of inhabitants and size. It occupies an area of 44 hectares.

• Vatican City State is governed as an absolute monarchy. The Head of State is the Pope who holds full legislative, executive and judicial powers.

1. Rome church was created by common God.2. Only roman bishop has the right to be called as universal.3. Only he can depose bishops and restore them4. Only he has the right dispose the signs of imperator highs (достоинства).5. All princes kiss his feet.6. Only his name mentioned in the church.7. He is the only named as a pope 8. Only he can depose the imperators9. Nobody can abolish his decisions, but he can abolish the decisions of other people.10. Nobody can judge him»

Religious doctrines

• Holy Writ (The Bible)

• Holy Legend

Catholic bishops get never married (celibate обет

безбрачия)

Catholics worship to relicts, cult of martyrs ['mɑːtə] and holy fools

The differences from Orthodox church

• Catholic church confesses in the symbol of belief, that holy spirit come from god father and his son (the filioque филиокве)

• Catholic church forbids divorces.• Catholic church proclaims a dogma

about chaste conception of virgin Mary.• Catholic church accept the dogma about

domination of the Pope