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| Surely this needs to be renamed "Roman Catholic Church"? 'Catholic Church' tends to mean something else (i.e. all believers). | | Surely this needs to be renamed "Roman Catholic Church"? 'Catholic Church' tends to mean something else (i.e. all believers). |
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| The '''Catholic Church''' was the largest body of followers of [[Christianity]].
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| 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]]'')
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| 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]]'')
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| 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]]'')
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| In [[1609]], Cardinal [[Robert Bellarmine]] of the Catholic Church moderated the [[Armageddon Convention]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')
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| 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]]'')
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| In [[1940s]] [[Croatia]], Catholic partisans captured, shot, and buried the [[vampire]] [[Yarven]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'')
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| In the [[26th century]], [[Claire Summerfield]], the mother of [[Bernice Summerfield]], was Catholic. ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'')
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| 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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