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Latin Church
 Latin Church | |
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| Ecclesia Latina | |
 Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy | |
| Type | Particular church (sui iuris) |
| Classification | Catholic |
| Orientation | Western Christianity |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Polity | Episcopal[1] |
| Governance | Holy See |
| Pope | Francis |
| Region | Mainly in Western Europe, Central Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, pockets of Africa, Madagascar, Oceania, with several episcopal conferences around the world |
| Language | Ecclesiastical Latin |
| Liturgy | Latin liturgical rites |
| Headquarters | Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy |
| Origin | 1st century Rome, Roman Empire |
| Separations |
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| Members | 1.2 billion (2015)[2] |
| Other name(s) |
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| Official website | Holy See |
The Latin Church is the largest autonomous particular church in the Catholic Church. There are about 1.3 billion Catholics part of this church. The Latin Church is one of 24 churches in full communion with the pope.[3]
- ↑ Marshall, Thomas William (1844). Notes of the Episcopal Polity of the Holy Catholic Church. London: Levey, Rossen and Franklin.
- ↑ McAleese, Mary (2019). Children's Rights and Obligations in Canon Law: The Christening Contract. Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-41117-3.
- ↑ Anderson, Jon (7 March 2019). "The beautiful witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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