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. The church has made itself
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the face of the church. At the same time‚ as we confess our sins let us forgive the faults committed by others towards us.” Pope John Paul II On March 12‚ the 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
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The History of the Catholic Church and the Death Penalty The Ten Commandments‚ principles issued by God for us to live our lives by‚ includes one that states – “Thou Shall Not Kill.” However‚ on Wednesday‚ September 21‚ 2011‚ two men in the United States were executed – Mr. Troy Davis in Georgia‚ and Mr. Lawrence Brewer in Texas. (Jonsson) While the approaching execution of Mr. Brewer was almost unmentioned‚ the approaching execution of Mr. Davis garnered much public attention with many believing
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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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The events of the church during the reformation and counter-reformation have affected the church today because of the way people have changed their views towards the church and the action taken from the reformation to benefit the church. The Christian church is still divided today because of the effect of the reformation period but still works to build unity. The reformation period encouraged many people to interpret the likes of lutheranism and Calvinism in their own way‚ which is why there are
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The Catholic Church played a large role in colonial Latin American society. The Church served as a unifying institution in a society made up of many different kinds of people - Europeans‚ Africans‚ Indigenous‚ and mixed-raced individuals - from a variety of economic backgrounds. Documents from the colonial period show that the Church was a maintainer of Iberian social order‚ and its officials and priests were expected to serve as exemplars of their religion. The Church maintained order and conveyed
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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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Differences of a Baptists and Catholic church Growing up I was introduced to many different denomination of Christianity. The Baptist and Catholic church are the two that sticks out to me the most because of how they differ from each other. In the last four years I have experienced what it is like to attend a Baptist and Catholic church. My Christian denomination is Baptist but because I attended a Catholic high school‚ I gained a lot of knowledge about Catholicism. Theses two denominations differs
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14 THE WARD CATHOLIC TAKES ON A NEW MEANING Catholic Church as we know it today took on its own form of the Apostles creed. and added‚ "Baptism for the remission of sin". Many changes are to take place within the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic Church as we know it today took on its own form of the Apostles creed. and added‚ "Baptism for the remission of sin". This is one of the steps that starts to leads them from the cardinal doctrines of the Bible. The Roman Catholic Church developed many
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The essay explores the significance and influence of the Gospels in the Roman Catholic Church during the time of 313-500 AD. I cannot deal with all the topics‚ but I will briefly cover all the time periods and I will concentrate and deeply explore the period of 313-500 AD. In the period of 100-313 AD Christians were persecuted‚ but the gospel of Christianity continued to spread throughout the whole Roman Empire. Between 500-800 AD monasticism began to grow this provided help to farmers‚ monastic
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