Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: General Terms and Concepts

• abbey

• anointing of the sick

• antipope

• apostolic nuncio

• asperges

• Athanasian Creed

• canon

• canon law

• canonization

• cherub

• Counter Reformation

• Donation of Constantine

• encyclical

• False Decretals

• Fathers of the Church

• glossolalia

• Great Schism

• holy water

• Host

• indulgence

• infallibility

• Inquisition

• interdict

• liberation theology

• limbo

• missal

• novena

• pallium

• papacy

• penance

• Peters pence

• purgatory

• relics

• rosary

• sacramental

• Schism of East and West

• simony

• stigmata

• The Golden Legend

• veronica

• viaticum

• vigil