Catholic (disambiguation)

Catholic may refer to:

Christian denominations

Main article: Catholic Church (disambiguation)

• The Catholic Church, the largest Christian Church
  • The Latin Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church or Western Catholic Church
  • The Eastern Catholic Churches, several Eastern Churches in full communion with Catholic Church
• Independent Catholicism, Churches that historically and culturally stem from Catholicism but broke away from the Catholic Church
  • The Old Catholic Church, part of Independent Catholicism
• Other churches expressing apostolic origins and traditions of catholicity, such as:
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Oriental Orthodoxy
  • The Assyrian Church of the East
  • The Ancient Church of the East

Terminology

• Catholic (term), an overview of the use of the term in the Four Marks of the Church (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic) of the Nicene Creed
• Catholicity, the core set of beliefs common to several Catholic denominations

Other uses

• Catholic (album), an album by Gavin Friday
• Catholics (novel), a 1972 novel by Brian Moore
• Catholics (film), a 1973 film directed by Jack Gold, based on the novel

See also

• Roman Catholic (term)
• Roman Catholic Church (disambiguation)
• Catholic Church (disambiguation)
• Catholicism (disambiguation)