Western Church

American  

noun

1. the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.

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Western Church British  

noun

1. the part of Christendom that derives its liturgy, discipline, and traditions principally from the patriarchate of Rome, as contrasted with the part that derives these from the other ancient patriarchates, esp that of Constantinople

2. the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes together with the Anglican Communion of Churches

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Etymology

Origin of Western Church

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

The Western Church I believe is silent on the matter.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

A portion of bishops still push back against the notion that abuse is a global problem, saying it is instead contained within the Western Church.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019

Its split with the Western Church came when it accepted the doctrine of the dual nature of Christ propounded by Nestorius, a Fifth-Century Patriarch of Constantinople.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pastor of Hermas was not well known to the Western Church, and it was not highly esteemed.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

On the severance of the Empire, the Western Church came in contact with rulers of another type.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole