{"id":2430,"date":"2024-05-24T18:56:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/catholicism-religion-or-denomination\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:24:49","slug":"catholicism-religion-or-denomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/catholicism-religion-or-denomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Le catholicisme est-il une confession ? C'est une \u00c9glise chr\u00e9tienne qui ne se d\u00e9finit pas comme telle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Catholicism is a form of Christianity, and whether you call it a denomination depends on who is speaking. The Cambridge Dictionary does, naming Roman Catholicism. The Catholic Church does not: it teaches that the one Church of Christ \u201csubsists in\u201d the Catholic Church, so it speaks of itself as that Church, not as one branch among many. It is a large family to name. The Pew Research Center, which groups denominations into a few broad traditions, calls Catholicism \u201cthe world\u2019s\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\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/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>Catholicism is Christian. The Cambridge Dictionary calls it a denomination; the Catholic Church calls itself the one Church of Christ. What each means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1754,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/catholicism-denominations\/","url_meta":{"origin":2430,"position":0},"title":"Are There Catholic Denominations? 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