subclass_of christianity in panama
The Catholic ___MASK99___ , also known as the Roman Catholic ___MASK99___ , is the largest ___MASK62___ , with more than 1 . 27 billion members worldwide . As one of the oldest ___MASK16___ institutions in the world , it has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilisation . Headed by the Bishop of Rome , known as the pope , its doctrines are summarised in the Nicene Creed . The Catholic ___MASK99___ is notable within Western ___MASK32___ for its sacred tradition and seven sacraments . Panama ___MASK47___ is the ___MASK34___ and largest city of the Republic of Panama . It has an urban population of 430 , 299 , and its population totals 880 , 691 when rural areas are included . The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal , in the province of Panama . The city is the political and administrative center of the country , as well as a hub for international banking and ___MASK92___ . It is considered a " gamma +" world city , one of three Central American cities listed in this category . ___MASK28___ ( from Greek , "", " universal doctrine ") is a term which in its broadest sense refers to the beliefs and practices of Christian churches that describe themselves as " Catholic ". The Catholic Church , in it ' s official teachings and documents does not call itself or any individual Catholic Church ( parish , Cathedral , etc .) a " denomination ", but as a whole , all Catholic Churches together are part of the original church founded by Jesus Christ , whom all mainline Christian churches teach is " God , who became man ". All " officially Catholic " churches and its ministers are obligated to teach and strive to practice the same beliefs in matters of : episcopal polity , sacramental ___MASK78___ , apostolic succession and sacred tradition , among other things ( see Catechism of the Catholic Church ). Costa Rica ( literally meaning " Rich ___MASK91___ "), officially the ___MASK26___ of Costa Rica , is a country in Central America , bordered by Nicaragua to the north , Panama to the southeast , the Pacific Ocean to the west , the Caribbean ___MASK98___ to the east , and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island . It has a population of around 4 . 5 million , of whom nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital and largest city , San José . The Catechism of the Catholic ___MASK99___ ( commonly called the Catechism or the CCC ) is a catechism promulgated for the Catholic ___MASK99___ by Pope John Paul II in 1992 . It sums up , in book form , the beliefs of the Catholic faithful . The Caribbean ___MASK98___ is a ___MASK98___ of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere . It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west , to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba , to the east by the Lesser Antilles , and to the south by the north coast of South America . Sacred ___MASK6___ or holy ___MASK6___ is a theological ___MASK44___ used in some ___MASK72___ traditions , primarily those claiming apostolic succession such as the Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , Assyrian , Catholic and Anglican traditions , to refer to the ___MASK2___ of the doctrinal and spiritual authority of the ___MASK72___ Church and of the scriptures . Central America is the southernmost , isthmian portion of the North American ___MASK54___ , which connects with South America on the southeast . Central America is bordered by Mexico to the north , Colombia to the southeast , the Caribbean Sea to the east , and the Pacific Ocean to the west . Central America consists of seven countries : Belize , Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica and Panama . The combined population of Central America is between 41 , 739 , 000 ( 2009 estimate ) and 42 , 688 , 190 ( 2012 estimate ). A ___MASK72___ ( or ) is a person who follows or adheres to ___MASK32___ , an Abrahamic , ___MASK97___ based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ . " ___MASK72___ " derives from the Koine Greek word " Christós " (  ), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term " mashiach ". Biblical ___MASK95___ (" Ivrit Miqra ' it " or " Leshon ha - Miqra "), also called Classical ___MASK95___ , is an archaic form of ___MASK95___ , a Canaanite Semitic ___MASK64___ spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Israel , roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean ___MASK98___ . The term " ___MASK95___ " was not used for the ___MASK64___ in the Bible , which was referred to as Canaanite or Judahite , but the name was used in Greek and Mishnaic ___MASK95___ texts . Biblical ___MASK95___ is attested from about the 10th century BCE , and persisted through and beyond the Second Temple period , which ended in the siege of Jerusalem ( AD 70 ). An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of ___MASK99___ governance (" ecclesiastical polity ") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops . ( The word " bishop " derives , via the British Latin and Vulgar Latin term "* ebiscopus "/"* biscopus ", from the ___MASK31___ " epískopos " meaning " overseer ".) It is the ___MASK9___ used by many of the major Christian Churches and denominations , such as the Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , Church of the East , Anglican and Lutheran churches or denominations , and other churches founded independently from these lineages . Colombia ( or ), officially the ___MASK26___ of Colombia , is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest of South America , with territories in Central America . Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama , to the east with Venezuela and ___MASK68___ and to the south with Ecuador and Peru . It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Honduras , Jamaica , the Dominican ___MASK26___ and Haiti . It is a unitary , constitutional republic comprising thirty - two departments . The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples including the Muisca , the Quimbaya and the Tairona . ___MASK1___ is a cultural ___MASK10___ of behaviors and practices , world views , sacred texts , holy places , ethics , and societal organisation that relate humanity to what an anthropologist has called " an order of existence ". Different religions may or may not contain various elements , ranging from the " divine ", " sacred things ", " faith ", a " supernatural ___MASK80___ or supernatural beings " or " some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life ." North America is a ___MASK54___ entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere . It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea . Panama is a predominantly ___MASK72___ country , a result of the Spanish conquistadors and centuries of missionaries . Like the rest of Latin America , the ___MASK28___ of the conquest began to shift as aspects of indigenous , African and other spiritualities were acculturated . In recent decades , however , Protestantism , especially those denominations strongest in North America , has been gaining ground . South America is a ___MASK54___ located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere . It is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas , which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages . The reference to South America instead of other regions ( like Latin America or the Southern Cone ) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics ( in particular , the rise of Brazil ). Apostolic succession is the ___MASK71___ whereby the ___MASK11___ of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession , which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bishops . This series was seen originally as that of the bishops of a particular see founded by one or more of the apostles . According to ___MASK83___ Justo L . González , apostolic succession is generally understood today as meaning a series of bishops , regardless of see , each consecrated by other bishops , themselves consecrated similarly in a succession going back to the apostles . But , according to documentation produced by the ___MASK85___ International Commission for Theological ___MASK13___ Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church , the sees (" cathedrae ") ___MASK100___ " an important role in inserting the bishop into the heart of ecclesial apostolicity ". The Pacific ___MASK3___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic ___MASK3___ in the north to the Southern ___MASK3___ ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . Panama , officially called the ___MASK26___ of Panama , is a country usually considered to be entirely in North America or Central America . It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west , Colombia ( in South America ) to the southeast , the Caribbean ___MASK98___ to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south . The capital and largest city is Panama City , whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country ' s 3 . 9 million people . ___MASK32___ is a ___MASK97___ based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ , who serves as the focal point for the religion . It is the world ' s largest religion , with over 2 . 4 billion followers , or 33 % of the global population , known as Christians . Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah ( the Christ ) was prophesied in the Old Testament .