(a.) Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.
(a.) Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes.
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act.
(n.) A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.
(n.) An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
(2) Among non-Hispanic whites in the 1980s, Catholic total fertility rates (TFRs) were about one-quarter of a child lower than Protestant rates (1.64 vs. 1.91).
(3) The vice chancellor of the Catholic University, Greg Craven, wrote in the Australian that stripping either dual or sole nationals of citizenship via a ministerial decision “would be irredeemably unconstitutional.
(4) A Catholic boys’ school has reversed its permission to allow civil rights drama Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a lesbian couple, to shoot on location in New York State.
(5) At Weledeh Catholic School in Yellowknife, for example, it’s used to determine when to hold playtime indoors (wind chill below -30C, since you asked).
(6) At a dinner party, say, if ever you hear a person speak of a school for Islamic children, or Catholic children (you can read such phrases daily in newspapers), pounce: "How dare you?
(7) Yet when the final bill for compensating the thousands of victims of that abuse is counted, the cost will be shouldered, in the main, by the Irish taxpayer rather than the Catholic church.
(8) "Whether Jain or Sikh or Buddhist or Sufi or Zoroastrian or Jewish or Muslim or Baptist or Hindu or Catholic or Baha'i or Animist or any other mainstream or minor religion or movement, we are taught as a tolerant society to accept a diversity of ideologies.
(9) It quickly became evident that there was an opportunity to take the idea beyond a one-off event between Anglicans and Catholics and reach out to other religions, like the Muslim community.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The St Peter’s XI practise under the Vatican flag.
(10) She was also a pacifist and lived her Catholic faith, no matter how difficult that made her life.
(11) However, Catholic women who receive communion at least once a week are less likely to be sexually active and substantially less likely to use medical contraceptive methods.
(12) The draft released last Monday had been hailed by some church observers and gay rights groups as “a stunning change” in how the Catholic hierarchy talked about gay people.
(13) "They have given Mexicans the most bitter Christmas," Armando Martínez, the president of the College of Catholic Attorneys, told reporters.
(14) • The Catholic church's near monopoly of influence in education means that the ultimate power in each school is the local Catholic bishop.
(15) Using similar procedures, Study 2 was conducted with practicing Catholics attending parochial high schools.
(16) After visiting the H-blocks, the Catholic archbishop Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich compared the conditions to "the sewer pipes in the slums of Calcutta".
(17) The Irish people, once so willing to heed to the clergy, decisively determined that Catholic bishops possess little credibility these days when it comes to knowing what’s in the best interests of children.
(18) Compared with Catholics and Protestants, Jews had significantly higher rates of major depression and dysthymia, but lower rates of alcohol abuse.
(19) They had also told of a lack of community cohesion and a loss of faith and connectedness to the Catholic church communities.
(20) Many claims made against them echo with uncanny precision those once made against Jews and Catholics.
Lutherism
Definition:
(n.) The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.
Example Sentences:
(1) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(2) When Martin Luther King was assassinated, they sent state troopers to my high school in east St Louis.
(3) Britain is still sending regular reinforcements across the Atlantic, from the new Spider-Man signing ( Tom Holland from Surrey ), to the actors who have recently snatched real-life national archetypes like Abraham Lincoln ( Daniel Day-Lewis ), Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo ) from the grasp of American stars.
(4) Ash said it was writing to a number of health organisations that have used Luther Pendragon, including St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and NHS Skills for Health, suggesting that they may want to think again before using a firm that promotes the interest of cigarette companies.
(5) "Idris is a brilliant leading man and we've hoped to turn Luther into a movie for a long time.
(6) Without justice and equity in health care, the dream of Martin Luther King will never become a reality for African Americans.
(7) "Whites don't own Abraham Lincoln, blacks don't own Martin Luther King," he has said.
(8) "I've written the script and we hope to get the film made next year," said Cross, who has also written a Luther novel and is working on a second.
(9) Luther star Idris Elba is to further expand his big-screen presence by taking the lead role in Paris-set thriller Bastille.
(10) If you go to the tomb of Martin Luther King in Atlanta, the parallels are obvious and deliberate.
(11) So wrote the Negro author Louis Lomax, catching the crucial spark that made Martin Luther King , jun., stand out head and shoulders from his fellow-ministers in the South and step into the ranks of the world's martyrs.
(12) As political leaders, the black clergy were usually the primary spokespersons for the entire black community, especially during periods of crisis.” The roll call of 20th-century African-American leadership, from Adam Clayton Powell, through Martin Luther King to Jesse Jackson, shows that only a handful of prominent figures emerged outside of organised religion.
(13) The Martin Luther King Center experience is instructive because the Center was able to achieve significant community control by focusing primarily on the internal dimension of control, namely, management, without experiencing destructive conflicts and the deterioration of health services.
(14) At the height of her fame she was invited by Martin Luther King to accompany him on rallies.
(15) He was a tougher guy than Stringer Bell or John Luther, and – to judge by many stories – very nearly as appealing to the ladies.
(16) Take Stringer or Luther – that seems to be a common denominator in the characters I play."
(17) Senior figures in the civil rights movement have told the Guardian that fast-escalating resentment over the treatment of black Americans will result in larger-than-expected crowds descending on Washington next month for the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.
(18) - Martin Luther King Jr Australians think of themselves as decent people who give others a fair go.
(19) It’s a quality that draws attention to the inferiority-complex under which so many British dramas labour – the fake American gloss of Luther, say, or Line of Duty.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Oyelowo, center, plays Martin Luther King, Jr and Carmen Ejogo, right, plays Coretta Scott King in the film Selma.