Saint-Étienne, Uzès
The Church of Saint-Étienne is a Roman Catholic church located in Uzès, in the Gard department of France. The baroque church was built in the mid-18th century, and is listed as a French monument historique. History Commissioned by Bishop Bonaventure Baüyn, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uzès, Bishop of Uzès, the Church of Saint-Étienne was built to replace a previous church at the same site that had been destroyed by the Protestantism, Protestants during the French Wars of Religion, Wars of Religion and used as a store and arsenal. The only element that remains of the original church is the bell tower, which dates to the 13th century and was spared to be used as a defensive watchtower. Construction on the Baroque architecture, baroque building occurred between 1764 and 1774, according to the designed by Pierre Bondon, an architect from Avignon. The Church architecture, cruciform church is laid out in the form of a Greek cross. The church was classified as a monument hist ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the on ...
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