Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Humanities > Religion > Christianity > Catholicism

Preferred term

Catholicism  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Catholicism, Roman
  • Roman Catholicism

Note

  • IM; specify geog if pertinent

Scope note

  • The Christian faith, practice, or system of the Catholic Church, specifically the Roman Catholic, the Christian church that is characterized by a hierarchic structure of bishops and priests in which doctrinal and disciplinary authority are dependent upon apostolic succession, with the pope as head of the episcopal college. (From Webster, 3d ed; American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002410

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 11/3/99