Catholicism And Christianity: Similarities And Differences

This past semester we learned about a variety of religions. Christianity was one of the many religions that captured my attention. Especially because I am Catholic and we have similar views. Christianity is a very large title. It envelops numerous beliefs and teachings, that result in diverse sects of Christians. One of the many sects that they encompass happen to be Catholics. What really intrigued me is how Christianity and Catholicism are different yet the same. The pope in Rome is their leader and follows the learnings of the Roman Catholic Church. The general misunderstanding is the matter that Catholicism is a fraction of Christianity. Catholics actually happen to be the largest sect of Christianity. There are about sixty percent of Christians
One of the many differences between Christianity and Catholicism is that both religions come with multiple meanings on how the Bible guides us. Their beliefs may be different even though the both of them follow the same God. For example, Christians believe in angels and saints, but do not pray to them like Catholics do. Christians feel that they should only pray to God himself. In the bible it states that, “God is three in one or a Trinity.” This is the core belief of Christianity. God is known as being part of the Holy Trinity; the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost all in one. Jesus is the Son who was reborn after sacrificing his life for our sins; and is also God made flesh. In general Christians also believe that the day, when we are all judged, will come and only the people who have faith will be reborn like Jesus was and will unite in Heaven with God. Many firmly believe that God is watching the ones who persecute Christians and will make them face judgment just as Christians would. Overall, Christianity and Catholicism have the same main basis, that is that there is only one
Normally, Christians of every denomination have viewed homosexuality as being a sin. Recent history has shown that this belief is now changing. Multiple congregations have come to accept openly-gay pastors as well as homosexuals in their society. According to the Roman Catholic Church, homosexuality is still a sin today. It is a sin because it is going against nature and God and homosexual ministers have been condemned. There are different beliefs that have to do with homosexuality in many individual Catholics personal