The ORIGINS of Catholicism
{"Image DocumentName": "The ORIGINS of Catholicism", "Image ImageDescription": "The word Catholic means universal \u2014this is a way of describing the early church. Rome was center of Roman empire by 100 AD, and had world\u2019s largest Christian population. Bishop of Rome was seen as the most. influential of Bishops. By 400. AD, he was called the Pope. Church was Latin speaking. Catholics are the largest Christian denomination in the world\u2014more than 1 billion people, more than all Protestants and Orthodox combined. As Rome gained power and grew with Christian presence, Roman bishop grew in influence. Originally, many bishops in ancient world. But Western part of Roman Empire, Latin-speaking part, gave Bishop of Rome more and more authority. By 400 AD, he was known as pope or Father. He started to call other bishops his Sons. By early 400\u2019s, Pope\u2019s authority acknowledged in Western Latin-speaking churches (and in most Eastern Greek-speaking churches).", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}