When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

The early Church sought to evangelize in the ... The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy ...

22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair ... References to the “Chair of Peter” date back to the early centuries of Christianity. St. Jerome, a biblical scholar of the fourth ...