công giáo
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Definition
Noun: * Catholicism: The Christian religion that has the Pope as its head, with its beliefs, practices, and global community. It is one of the major branches of Christianity.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy theo đạo Công giáo từ nhỏ. (He has been a Catholic since he was a child.)
- Nhà thờ này là một công trình kiến trúc tiêu biểu của Công giáo. (This church is a representative architectural work of Catholicism.)
- Nhiều lễ hội Công giáo được tổ chức long trọng. (Many Catholic festivals are solemnly celebrated.)
Advanced Usage
- "tín đồ Công giáo" / "người Công giáo": A Catholic believer; a Catholic person.
- Các tín đồ Công giáo đi lễ vào Chủ nhật. (Catholic believers go to mass on Sundays.)
- "giáo lý Công giáo": Catholic doctrine/teachings.
- Giáo lý Công giáo dựa trên Kinh Thánh. (Catholic doctrine is based on the Bible.)
Variants and Related Words
- Công giáo Rô-ma (Roman Catholicism): The specific term for the largest Christian church, in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). Often used interchangeably with "Công giáo" in Vietnamese.
- Thiên Chúa giáo (Christianity): A broader term encompassing all Christian denominations, including Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodoxy. "Công giáo" is a subset of "Thiên Chúa giáo".
- Đạo Công giáo: Another way to say "the Catholic religion/faith".
- Công giáo (adjective): When used attributively to describe a noun.
- giáo xứ Công giáo (Catholic parish)
- trường học Công giáo (Catholic school)
Synonyms
- Đạo Thiên Chúa (The Christian religion): A general synonym, but can be ambiguous as it may also refer to Christianity as a whole.
- Đạo Gia-tô (An older, less common term for Catholicism): This term is derived from "Giê-su" (Jesus) and is considered somewhat archaic.
Notes on Meaning
- The word "Công giáo" is a Sino-Vietnamese term (Hán Việt: 公教), where "công" (公) means "universal" or "public", and "giáo" (教) means "religion" or "teaching". It directly translates the term "Catholic", which comes from the Greek word (καθολικός), meaning "universal".
- In Vietnam, it is crucial to distinguish Công giáo (Catholicism) from Tin Lành (Protestantism), as both are branches of Thiên Chúa giáo (Christianity). They are different denominations with distinct practices and structures.