History of the Roman Catholic Church

Abstract

The commonest title of Roman Catholic Church in the official use is Apostolic Church and Holy Catholic. A special significance of Roman Catholics was attached to the Baptism and Eucharist's rite. The theology of the Church is the most distinguished feature of Roman Catholicism. The mass in Roman Catholic Church is related to Sacraments. The priests were confronted with the challenge of drastic decline in the number of priesthood. In today's world, the growth of Catholic Church is on very fast pace including, South America, Africa and Asia. In the 20th century, the church was extended in Africa, in order to improve all the efforts related to education and ministry.

History of the Roman Catholic Church1

Historical Background1

Discussion2

The Church2

The Priesthood2

The Mass3

Definition3

African American4

Conclusion4

References5

History of the Roman Catholic Church

Introduction

Historical Background

The history of Roman Catholic Church is traced back to Jesus Christ and the Apostles. More than the centuries a highly refined theology was developing by it, and papacy head the elaborate structure of organization, which is considered to be the most ancient monarchy, which is undoubtedly continuing in the world (www.britannica.com, n.d.). The Roman Catholicism's anecdote in the United States has a twisting and complex plot. In North America it was arrived as the single form of Western Christianity however, it was soon displaced by those individuals who give it a view as schismatic's and heretics. Roman Catholicism for over 150 years of history was viewed as a religion of alien by many people which is dominated by the rulers of foreign and contrast to the values of American. Through the elections of the first president of Roman Catholic, John Kennedy, in the year 1960, the integration of Roman Catholicism into the American Culture was irrevocable.

Roman Catholicism for about 1.1.billion members are a worldwide recognized tradition of religion. Its history relates to Jesus of Nazareth. After the death of Jesus, one of the disciples of Jesus Simon Peter, in the Jewish Christian movement turns out to be a strong leader. Later, the leadership was taken over by the brother of Jesus named as James. Legally in 313 AD, the Roman Empire as a legitimate religion was recognized to be the Pauline Christianity. Later in 380 AD, Roman Catholicism comes to be the Roman Empire's official religion (Fairchild, n.d.).

In the 5th century, with the decline of Rome, the church of Romans was assuming both the spiritual and temporal authority in the West and hence, throughout the Middle Ages has a great impact on the culture and art of the entire Western world. In today's world, its growth is recorded as fastest in countries like Asia, South America, and Africa (www.patheos.com).

Discussion

The Church

The church in the wider sense is known as the Catholic Church having autonomous churches 23 in number, subject toward the Pope. The Christian church is a new concept of Testament derived from the Greek word ekklesia, contains two meanings, an assembly or to called out ...