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Emperor , who in the areas under his control definitively established a form of , in which "he had the right and duty of regulating by his laws the minutest details of worship and discipline, and also of dictating the theological opinions to be held in the Church", re-established imperial power over Rome and other parts of the West, initiating the period termed the 537—752 , during which the bishops of Rome, or popes, required approval from the emperor in Constantinople or from his representative in Ravenna for consecration, and most were selected by the emperor from his Greek-speaking subjects, resulting in a "melting pot" of Western and Eastern Christian traditions in art as well as liturgy.

An instruction issued four years later spoke of the two forms or usages of the Roman Rite approved by the pope as the ordinary form and the extraordinary form "the forma ordinaria" and "the forma extraordinaria".

Diehl, Daniel; Donnelly, Mark 2001.

Also important for those receiving Holy Communion are a spirit of recollection and prayer, observance of the fast prescribed by the Church, and an appropriate disposition of the body gestures and dress as a sign of respect for Christ.

By reconciling with God and following Christ's words and deeds, an individual can enter the.

In 1870, the affirmed the doctrine of when exercised in specifically defined pronouncements, striking a blow to the rival position of.

Homosexuality Main article: The Catholic Church also teaches that "homosexual acts" are "contrary to the natural law", "acts of grave depravity" and "under no circumstances can they be approved", but that persons experiencing homosexual tendencies must be accorded respect and dignity.

"Roman Catholic" has occasionally appeared also in documents produced both by the Holy See, notably applied to certain national , and local dioceses.

In the past some of the rites used by the Eastern Catholic Churches were subject to a degree of.