Latin Church

Latin Church
; Latin Church
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
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	Protestant Reformation (initially Lutheranism, 16th century); Old Catholicism (Utrecht, 19th century);
Members	1.2 billion (2015)
Other name(s)	Western Church; Latin Catholic Church; Roman Church;
Official website	Holy See

The Latin Church is the largest autonomous particular church in the Catholic Church. There are about 1.3 billion Catholics who belong to this church. The Latin Church is one of 24 churches in full communion with the pope.^[3]

Latin Church Media

Portrait of Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne, 17th century
Saint Augustine of Hippo by Gerard Seghers (attributed)
14th-century image of a university lecture
During the 13th century, Saint Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Augustinian theology, employing both reason and faith in the study of metaphysics, moral philosophy, and religion. While Aquinas accepted the existence of God on faith, he offered five proofs of God's existence to support such a belief.
Detail from Valle Romita Polyptych by Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1400) showing Thomas Aquinas
Detail from Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas over Averroes by Benozzo Gozzoli (1420–97)
Image of a fiery purgatory by Ludovico Carracci
Dante gazes at purgatory (shown as a mountain) in this 16th-century painting.

↑ Marshall, Thomas William. Notes of the Episcopal Polity of the Holy Catholic Church (1844). London: Levey, Rossen and Franklin.
↑ McAleese, Mary. Children's Rights and Obligations in Canon Law: The Christening Contract (2019)Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-41117-3.
↑ Anderson, Jon. The beautiful witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Catholic Herald (7 March 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.

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Latin Church
Ecclesia Latinacode: la is deprecated
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy
Type	Particular church (sui iuriscode: la is deprecated )
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	Protestant Reformation (initially Lutheranism, 16th century) Old Catholicism (Utrecht, 19th century)
Members	1.2 billion (2015)^[2]
Other name(s)	Western Church Latin Catholic Church Roman Church
Official website	Holy See