{"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":"2026-10-18T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:30:47","slug":"catholicism-religion-or-denomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholicism-religion-or-denomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Is het katholicisme een denominatie? Het is een christelijke kerk die zichzelf niet zo noemt"},"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 to 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, and so it speaks of itself as that Church, not as one branch among many. The Pew Research Center groups denominations into a few broad traditions and calls Catholicism \u201cthe world\u2019s largest Christian tradition,\u201d next to the\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\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/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\/nl\/learn\/catholicism-denominations\/","url_meta":{"origin":2430,"position":0},"title":"Are There Catholic Denominations? 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