first Sunday of Lent‚ John Paul II will publicly ask the Lord’s forgiveness for past and present faults of the children of the Church. Interestingly‚ when I heard this I am really surprise how the Catholic top religious leader admittedly and reflective in behalf of his leadership to sin committed by the Catholic Church in the service of the so called universal Truth. I am Muslim by birth. The knowledge I have is that the Christianity is the religion of colonizer and land grabber. I remember my teacher
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One out seven people on the earth is Roman Catholic. “Roman Catholics in the world (nearly 1.1 billion) is greater than that of nearly all other religious traditions” (Roman Catholicism). The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious tradition ever created. It was the first Christian church and its beginning can be traced back to Jesus’ twelve disciples. The Catholic Church is larger than all other christian churches combined. It is even larger than individual Isam religions Sunni and Shia.
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I have the opportunity to choose The Roman Catholic Religion as part of Christianity. The Christianity roots are interlinked with Judaism because of Jesus and Jewish concept. Roman Catholic Church is a monotheistic religion (the existence of one God) which started with the birth‚ death‚ resurrection of Jesus about two thousand years ago. After the death of Jesus followers of the Roman Catholic religion used the teaching and saying of Jesus to assemble different forms of documents‚ then lead in the
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is the center of worship that Catholics participate in. Catholics are supposed to attend Mass every Sunday and on a small number of important feasts days throughout the year. Mass is a crucial aspect in marriages‚ funerals‚ and other Catholic ceremonies and its celebrated every day in the majority of all churches. The Church also has seven sacraments which are confirmation‚ baptism‚ holy orders‚ Eucharist‚ penance‚ matrimony‚ and the anointing of the sick. Catholic theology instructs that these
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Marriage and Sex: Catholic Church VS Martin Luther The views on marriage and sex differ greatly between the Catholic Church and Martin Luther. Though both agree to a different set of rules and regulations‚ Catholicism is a strict religion while Luther strived for a more accepting practice. Luther’s opinions on these topics agreed more with the opinions of the majority granting him the more modern of the two religions. For the most part‚ the Lutheran outlook was a realistic one versus the exacting
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Baroque: Protestant vs. Catholic Before the purity of Neoclassicism‚ even before the carefree artists of the Rococo era‚ there was the dramatic and emotive Baroque. The term "baroque" is said to have been derived from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl‚ and is certainly an adequate description. In the wake of what has become known as the Protest Reformation‚ the Catholic Church held the infamous Council of Trent. This eighteen year deliberation addressed several aspects of Catholicism
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A Catholic education is important to me for four reasons. I know that a Catholic education‚ especially one at St. Joseph Cottleville‚ has helped me in my past‚ is helping me now‚ and will help me in my future. Another thing is personal stories that have influenced and inspired me to live out my life as a daughter of Christ‚ reminded me what a big part of my life God is‚ and jump-started my drive to be a virtuous and proud Catholic. Starting my faith at St. Joe’s as a kindergartener gave me a surplus
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The Australian Scene The Catholic Church began in Australia on 26 January 1788‚ when the first Catholics arrived in Sydney Harbor with the first fleet. The first Catholics were neither priests‚ neither brothers nor nuns‚ in fact‚ they were no regular priests here for the first 38 years of European settlement. The first Catholics- English‚ Scottish and Irish- were lay people. From the beginning the Catholics were poor. They were migrants‚ usually uneducated and most were convicts. From the beginning
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When my parents enrolled me into Our Lady of Grace Catholic School two years ago. I never knew that the journey I was about to begin‚ was finding my faith. When I learned that you need service hours at the school I realized that it was going to be more than making the grade‚ but I decided I would keep an open mind‚ and see what happens. I enjoyed helping on service day at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. With my family by my side we cleaned the campus grounds‚ worked inside the sanctuary cleaning
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people consider Martin Luther’s ideas revolutionary‚ but they were really just the tipping point. Before Luther‚ many people and events attacked the Catholic Church and it’s credibility. The most influential of these people and events were John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ and the Black Death. John Wycliffe was the first major critic of the ideology of the Catholic Church. His ideas would later influence both Jan Hus and Martin Luther himself. Wycliffe attacked the church with three separate ideas and actions
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