Catholic Church ? any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian.I. The different orders, classes, or kinds of church officers which Christ has instituted. And II. Their character, their vocation, and their official.Today we find such kinds of church discipline problematic. For the rights of the individuals seem thereby to be limited. This was not what concerned Calvin.We may think this problem only affects some kinds of church, but this is not so.
