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Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)

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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") is a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored for being a danger to itself and the faith of its members. The various editions also contain the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of immoral books or works containing theological errors and to prevent the corruption of the faithful.

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The term Christian Church as a proper noun refers to the whole Christian religious tradition through history. When used in this way, the term does not refer to a particular "Christian church" (a "denomination" or to a building). However, some Christian groups do not accept this definition (e.g., the Roman Catholic Church, the Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Eastern Orthodox churches) instead considering only their own churches to be the one true church.

See also

• Body of Christ
• Bride of Christ
• Catholic Church
• List of popes
• Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
• Church attendance
• Christendom
• Christian ecumenism
• Christianity
• Church architecture
• Church militant and church triumphant
• Churching of women
• Evangelical Catholic
• Germanic Christianity
• Great Church
• High Church, such as Anglicanism
• History of Christianity
• Jesus Christ
• Kingdom of God
• List of Christian denominations
• List of Christian denominations by number of members
• Low Church, such as Evangelicalism
• Orthodox Church
• Priesthood of all believers
• Restoration Movement
• Unam Sanctam