RLCL 1024 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ten Commandments, Eucharist, Venial Sin
5 Dec 2017
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The history of roman catholicism can be traced back to about thousands of years ago. The clash between roman polytheism, and christian monotheism gave birth to a new practice called roman catholicism. How the roman catholic church came to be. Some historians justify saint peter as the first bishop of the catholic church who was anointed by jesus christ. The bible, the main text of christianity, does not clarify exactly where or who led to the foundation of the church. However, today roman catholicism has nearly 1. 1 billion followers. ( the. Global catholic population | pew research center, 2013) The catholic church itself is a hierarchy and it begins with the pope then branches off to the cardinal, archbishop, bishop, priest, and deacon. The daily, vigil, and sunday masses are performed by priest followed by his altar boys. The vigil masses are considered the mass held the day before sunday.
