Church of Rome

Holy Roman Church, Roman Church, or Church of Rome may, in modern contexts, mean:

  • the Diocese of Rome or the Holy See; or
  • the Latin Church; or
  • the Catholic Church.

In historical contexts Roman Church may also refer to

  • the first Christians in Rome
  • the state church of the Roman Empire; or
  • the Byzantine church; or
  • the church of the Holy Roman Empire.

Famous quotes containing the words church of, church and/or rome:

    “It is time that the Protestant Church, the Church of the Son, should be one again with the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of the Father. It is time that man shall cease, first to live in the flesh, with joy, and then, unsatisfied, to renounce and to mortify the flesh.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “It is a dogma of the Roman Church that the existence of God can be proved by natural reason. Now this dogma would make it impossible for me to be a Roman Catholic. If I thought of God as another being like myself, outside myself, only infinitely more powerful, then I would regard it as my duty to defy him.”
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    “I laugh when I think that all of Rome made it a point not to pronounce Drusilla’s name. Because Rome was mistaken for all those years. Love is not enough for me, and I understood that then.... To love someone is to accept to grow old with her. An old Drusilla is far worse than a dead one.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)