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   Who Are The Catholics And What Do They Believe?   
   The Catholic religion is the world's largest faith with over   
   1,025,585,000 members. This is about 20% of the world population. It   
   is from the Catholic church that all of the other branches of   
   Christianity has sprung. The beliefs can be stated simply through the   
   Nicene Creed:   
   "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, of all that is, seen   
   and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,   
   eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true   
   God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.   
   Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came   
   down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate   
   from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified   
   under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third   
   day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into   
   heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come   
   again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will   
   have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of   
   life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and   
   the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the   
   Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We   
   acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the   
   resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."   
   The best known form of Catholicism in the Western world is from the   
   Roman Catholic. Other churches are of the Eastern Orthodox groups such   
   as the Syrian, Russian, White Russian, and Romanian Churches.   
      
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