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catholicism

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What does catholicism mean?

noun

  1. The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
  2. Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
  3. The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

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/kəˈθɔləˌsɪzəm/

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Yet there have remained some survivals both in Protestantism and in Catholicism which may be regarded with curiosity.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
The difference between Puritanism and Catholicism is not about whether some priestly word or gesture is significant and sacred.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
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The normal woman, in so far as she has any religion at all, moves irresistibly toward Catholicism, with its poetical obscurantism.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270
She always held that Catholicism was the highest form of spiritualism--using the word in its highest meaning--and from this attitude she never wavered.
Isabel, Lady Burton; W. H. (William Henry) WilkinsThe romance of Isabel Lady Burton : $b The story of her life. Volume IIProject Gutenberg ebook #6402
He was possessed with a "great moral idea," the idea of making Catholicism the ruler of the world, that he might be the ruler of Catholicism.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486