{"id":11592,"date":"2024-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11592"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:09:21","slug":"roman-catholic-vs-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/roman-catholic-vs-catholic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat\u00f3lico romano frente a cat\u00f3lico: la misma Iglesia, con excepciones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>In everyday speech the two names mean the same church: the one led by the pope, which its own documents usually call the Catholic Church. The 23 Eastern Catholic churches belong to the same Church under the pope but follow Eastern rites, not the Roman (Latin) one. Old Catholic churches use the name Catholic outside communion with the pope. \u201cRoman Catholic\u201d took hold in English after the Reformation and became the legal name in England. A third word, catholic with\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roman Catholic and Catholic usually name the Church led by the pope. Its 23 Eastern churches follow Eastern rites; Old Catholics are not under the pope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217,219],"class_list":["post-11592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12116,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/historical-origins-byzantine-roman-catholic-churches\/","url_meta":{"origin":11592,"position":0},"title":"Byzantine Catholic vs Roman Catholic: One Church, Two Ways of Worship","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"enero 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Byzantine Catholics share the faith and pope of Roman Catholics but worship in the rite of Constantinople, with married priests and infant Communion.","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian Education\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Noah's Ark and the rainbow, in the style of Michelangelo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00208.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00208.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00208.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00208.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1754,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/catholicism-denominations\/","url_meta":{"origin":11592,"position":1},"title":"Are There Catholic Denominations? 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