{"id":1754,"date":"2024-05-24T18:44:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/catholicism-denominations\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T22:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T22:22:19","slug":"catholicism-denominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/catholicism-denominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Existem denomina\u00e7\u00f5es cat\u00f3licas? Uma Igreja composta por 24 igrejas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>There are no Catholic denominations. The Catholic Church 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 of their own. And that one Church is wide enough to hold a Maronite liturgy in Lebanon, often prayed in Syriac, a Ukrainian liturgy in the Byzantine rite and\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\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/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":12116,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/historical-origins-byzantine-roman-catholic-churches\/","url_meta":{"origin":1754,"position":0},"title":"Byzantine Catholic vs Roman Catholic: One Church, Two Ways of Worship","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Janeiro 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":"In &quot;Christian Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/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":11592,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/roman-catholic-vs-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1754,"position":1},"title":"Roman Catholic vs Catholic: The Same Church, With Exceptions","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembro 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Roman Catholic and Catholic usually name the Church led by the pope, though its 23 Eastern churches follow Eastern rites and Old Catholics are not under the pope.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The feeding of the five thousand, in the style of Fra Angelico","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00111.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00111.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00111.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00111.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1781,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/episcopal-vs-roman-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1754,"position":2},"title":"Episcopal vs Catholic: The Real Differences, Compared","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maio 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Episcopal Church is Anglican, not Roman Catholic. 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