Gereja Roman Katolik: Perbezaan antara semakan

 

Gereja Katolik mengajar bahawa ia adalah gereja Satu, Suci, Katolik dan Apostolik yang diasaskan oleh [[Jesus Christ|Yesus]] dalam Suruhanjaya Agungnya,<ref name="Catholic News Service">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0703923.htm|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20070710201403/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0703923.htm|dead-url=yes|archive-date=10 July 2007|title=Vatican congregation reaffirms truth, oneness of Catholic Church|publisher=Catholic News Service|accessdate=17 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bokenkotter|first=Thomas|title=A Concise History of the Catholic Church|year=2004|publisher=Doubleday|location=New York|page=7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DISK1e7JXA8C&pg=PA7|isbn=9780307423481}}</ref> bahawa para uskupnya ialah pengganti para pengikut Kristus, dan Paus ialah pengganti kepada [[Santo Peter]] yang keutamaan diberikan oleh Yesus Kristus.<ref>Holy Bible: Matthew 16:19</ref> Ia menegaskan bahawa ia mengamalkan iman Kristian yang asal, menempuh kesempurnaan, diturunkan oleh tradisi suci. Gereja Latin, Gereja Katolik Timur, dan institut seperti perintah ''mendicant'' dan perintah monastik yang tertutup mencerminkan pelbagai penekanan teologi dan rohani di Gereja.<ref name="Gunton2">Colin Gunton. "Christianity among the Religions in the Encyclopedia of Religion", Religious Studies, Vol. 24, number 1, page 14. In a review of an article from the Encyclopedia of Religion, Gunton writes: "[T]he article [on Catholicism in the encyclopedia] rightly suggests caution, suggesting at the outset that Roman Catholicism is marked by several different doctrinal, theological and liturgical emphases."</ref>