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: Generally, we go by what it's called in the DWU, rather than any "formal" or "more accurate" name. Besides, the way this page's currently described, isn't it just referring to Catholics in general? I thought Roman Catholic and Catholic was a synonym anyway. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 15:10, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
Surely this needs to be renamed "Roman Catholic Church"? 'Catholic Church' tends to mean something else (i.e. all believers).
 
 
The '''Catholic Church''' was the largest body of followers of [[Christianity]].
 
To enforce their religion, the Church kept many books which they deemed heretical in the secret [[Library of St John the Beheaded]] in [[London]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') One of the books suppressed by the Church was the ''[[Necronomicon]]''. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'')
 
In the [[16th century]], many Christians split from the Catholic Church to become [[Protestant]]s. Many faithful Catholics persecuted them, such as [[Mary I]] of [[England]] with the Heresy Laws, and [[Catherine de Medici]] of [[France]] with the [[St Bartholomew's Day Massacre]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'')
 
By [[1605]], there were three assassination attempts, including the [[Gunpowder Plot]] led by [[Robert Catesby]], by Catholics on the Protestant King [[James I]]. ([[VG]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot]]'')
 
In [[1609]], Cardinal [[Robert Bellarmine]] of the Catholic Church moderated the [[Armageddon Convention]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')
 
In the aftermath of the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[1666]], the English Catholics were falsely accused of having started it. ([[CC]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution]]'')
 
In [[1940s]] [[Croatia]], Catholic partisans captured, shot, and buried the [[vampire]] [[Yarven]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'')
 
In the [[26th century]], [[Claire Summerfield]], the mother of [[Bernice Summerfield]], was Catholic. ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'')
 
By the [[28th century]], the Catholic Church had re-established itself and become a major space power with jurisdiction over numerous worlds. ([[TN]]: ''[[Companion Piece]]'') {C
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Surely this needs to be renamed "Roman Catholic Church"? 'Catholic Church' tends to mean something else (i.e. all believers). – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.140.87.90 (talk).

Generally, we go by what it's called in the DWU, rather than any "formal" or "more accurate" name. Besides, the way this page's currently described, isn't it just referring to Catholics in general? I thought Roman Catholic and Catholic was a synonym anyway. -- Tybort (talk page) 15:10, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
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