Western Christianity

multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe (800/962–1806)

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the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church

The Vulgate () is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, of his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible.

Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man

teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin

Catholic feast day, public holiday in some countries

Christianity originating from the tradition of the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome. consists of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and its derivatives

thumb|Painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas, after whom Thomism is named

title for Jesus

thumb|The Holy Spirit coming from both the Father and the Son, detail of the Boulbon Altarpiece, . Originally from the high altar of the Chapelle Saint-Marcellin, Boulbon, France, now in the [[Louvre, Paris.]]

Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology

most common rite practiced in the Latin Catholic Church

variety of Latin that is used for liturgical purposes

rites used in the Latin Catholic Church

philosophical union of Judeo-Christian ethics and humanist principles

titular see in Tunisia

one of the official titles of the Pope, as the highest authority of the Latin Catholic Church

member of a Catholic order

doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church that the pope, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ and as pastor of the entire Christian Church, has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church

agreement reached at Sutri by Liutprand, King of the Lombards and Pope Gregory II in 728

aspect of history