カトリック教きょう会かい

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noun

Refers to the worldwide Christian church headed by the Pope, or to a local Catholic church community.

teach, faith, doctrine

会meeting, meet, party

プロテスタント教きょう会かい
Refers to Protestant churches, which split from the Catholic Church during the Reformation.
正せい教きょう会かい
Refers to the Eastern Orthodox Church, which also split from the Catholic Church historically.

From Portuguese 'católico' or Dutch 'katholiek', combined with 教会 (church). The term entered Japanese through early Christian missionary contact.