Catholic Church (Western Rite)

Catholic Church (Western Rite) is a denomination of Christianity.

Scritura, Traditio, et Ratio
The Catholic Church of the Western Rite recognizes that all creation is intelligible and man, in and through himself, has a desire to discover and know God. The Western Rite understands the Holy Canon to contain the words of God, including the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the God-man. The Western Rite also relies on oral Tradition, passed on from generation as a guiding force in its present liturgies and teachings.

Transubstantiation
The Western Rite holds to the belief that the bread and wine offered on the altar during the Holy Mass undergoes a change of substance into the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus. The Church teaches that the bread and wine retain their respective accidents. This doctrine is understood to be the source and summit of the Catholic faith.

Doctrinal Differences with the Eastern Rite
Though similar the Western Rite and the Eastern Rite differ on some theological matters (with most differences being of cultural nature). The primary division between the two rites is the doctrine of Universalism, or the belief that all things eventually return to Paradise (including Lucifer, the fallen angel). The Western Rite holds that the separation from God that is Hell, is eternal.