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ORTHODOX CHURCH CATHOLIC CHURCH CHURCH DIFFERENCE 1054 PROTESTANT CHURCHES THE LUTHERAN CHURCH REFORMED CHURCHES CHURCH OF ENGLAND OTHER PROTESTANT COMMUNITIES HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF FINLAND
CATHOLIC CHURCH
POPE HOW THE POPE IS CHOSEN CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING FRANCISCUS ASSISILAINEN THE BIRGITANS VATICAN SACRAMENTS FAIR
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When the early church was divided into 1054
Vatican (The Vatican City State is located in the center of Rome)
Baptism, confirmation, ordination, marriage, penitentiary, communion, anointing
The leader is the pope, the successor of Peter
cardinals
council: ecclesiastical assembly
episcopate
priesthood
Respect for the Saints,
Respect for the Virgin Mary in particular
Pilgrimages
Monasteries and rules: Benedictines, Franciscans , Dominicans, Birgittian sisters , etc.
1.2 billion in the world
about 8,000 in Finland
Supporters
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