Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-196) and index.
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1. The church, Catholic and Roman -- 2. Authority -- 3. People -- 4. Structures -- 5. The Vatican -- 6. The liturgy -- 7. Devotional life -- 8. The church in society.
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A book with the title Roman Catholicism: The Basics might quiteproperly be expected to begin with a chapter on what Catholics believe. And in a sense it is an easy question to answer. What Catholics believeis summed up in a series of short, formal statements called 'creeds'(from the Latin credere meaning 'to believe'). There are a number ofthese creeds, mainly dating from the earliest centuries of Christianitywhen they were used as statements of faith for people being initiatedinto the religion.