1. Church of Rome - Noun
2. Church of Rome - Proper noun
the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
Source: WordNetOne who believes, as I do, that the free intellect is the chief engine of human progress, cannot but be fundamentally opposed to Bolshevism, as much as to the Church of Rome. Bertrand Russell
The Church of Rome has allied herself with the state, and now they both drink together the blood of Christ, one from a chalice, and the other from the ground where it was spilled by the sword... Petr Chelčický
The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting. Mary Douglas
Perhaps the Church of Rome was but consistent in choosing as her titular founder the apostle who thrice denied his master at the moment of danger; and the only one, moreover, except Judas, who provoked Christ in such a way as to be addressed as the "Enemy." "Get thee behind me, Satan!" Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
By its eyes it was a Seer; and by its mouth speaking great things and changing times and laws, it was a Prophet as well as a King. And such a Seer, a Prophet and a King, is the Church of Rome. A Seer. Isaac Newton
Claims of authenticity At the end of 8th and the beginning of 9th century, the Church of Rome was faced with an unusual challenge regarding the use of Filioque clause. Source: Internet