{"id":1754,"date":"2024-05-24T18:44:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/catholicism-denominations\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:41:16","slug":"catholicism-denominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/catholicism-denominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Esistono denominazioni cattoliche? No: un'unica Chiesa composta da 24 Chiese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Catholic Church has no denominations. It describes itself as one Church made up of 24 self-governing churches: the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, all in full communion with the pope. Groups that use the name Catholic without that communion, such as the Old Catholics, are separate churches, not branches of the Catholic Church. Are there different types of Catholics? Catholics differ in three ways, and none of them makes a denomination. Every Catholic belongs to one of\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\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/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>The Catholic Church has no denominations: it is one Church of 24 self-governing churches, the Latin and 23 Eastern, all in communion with the pope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3865,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/catholic-vs-orthodox\/","url_meta":{"origin":1754,"position":0},"title":"Orthodox vs Catholic: How the Two Churches Differ and Why They Split","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"One church for a thousand years, divided since 1054 over the Pope and the Creed. 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