Fieldwork Assignment 2 For this fieldwork assignment I decided to go to a Roman Catholic Church. I was raised Catholic and I went to a Catholic school from second grade to eighth grade so‚ I had background knowledge on the teaching of the church. I have taken field notes and came across some reoccurring tendencies. All of these reoccurring tendencies support my thesis‚ which is: one of the many values the Catholic Church holds importance to is having much respect for their God. Throughout this
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taken place throughout my life from people‚ the Catholic faith‚ and my own experiences. I started compiling my belief system when I was very young. My parents gradually taught me right from wrong and gave me a base to build off of. They also took me to church every Sunday. My family is Catholic‚ so many of my beliefs and values come from the Catholic faith. As time has passed‚ I have built on the foundation of beliefs that I started with from my parents and the Catholic Church and I continue to build
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Catholic Social Teaching “Without God man neither knows which way to go‚ nor even understands who he is. As we contemplate the vast amount of work to be done‚ we are sustained by our faith that God is present alongside those who come together in his name to work for justice” (CV‚ p. 78). While the Church has made it a mission to identify the flaws of certain economic solutions throughout the years‚ it has also attempted to give a solid understanding of what could and should be done in order to
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The Catholic church expresses unique beliefs and values concerning the idea of personal meaning and identity‚ such as the meaning of ‘being human’ and the belief of sexual identity. God created humans in his own image ‚ this includes our ideas of being humans and our sexual identity. Consequently when we form relationships we confirm to the fruits of the Holy Spirit and rejoice in our relationship with God. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are‚ charity‚ joy‚ peace‚ patience‚ benignity‚ goodness‚ longanimity
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Why I am a Catholic Sola Scriptura Sola Scriptura and Unity Unity among Christians was clearly one of the chief concerns of Christ (John 17) and the Apostles (ex. 1 Cor. 1‚ 10; Eph. 4). This unity is not only a spiritual reality‚ but a physical one as well‚ for Jesus teaches that the oneness of the Church would be a witness to the world (Jn. 17:23). I have come to realize that Protestantism‚ in principle‚ cannot unify Christians. Sola scriptura effectively makes unity in moral code
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wars across Europe and the new world. With the rise of protestant beliefs the catholic started to lose power and‚ with the rise of humanism kings were losing power to people run parliaments. The social structure began to change with the humanism as well‚ with the rise of personal power the peasants began to feel equal to the nobles in self-worth if not yet in a monitory sense. This led to further conflict in the Catholic Church as they became more radical in the search for heretics both of this world
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The first sacrament of initiation‚ prerequisite of all the others‚ is baptism. The word baptism is rooted in the Greek language‚ meaning a dipping in or under water or‚ more commonly‚ washing. This is more than fitting considering the effects of the sacrament. Before the official institution of baptism as a sacrament by Christ‚ converts to Judaism were baptized by Saint John the Baptist as an external sign of reconciliation and repentance‚ adding their own words of atonement. The first baptism
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and equal opportunities. ______________________________________________________________________________ The catholic church has beliefs of the human person and human dignity that is shown in their teachings. These teachings created by the catholic church‚ are aimed to support a social just community to show that human dignity is something that can’t be taken away from one’s self. Catholic social teaching believes that people are created in the image and likeness of God‚ and have by their very existence
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Sarah Lebovitz January 28‚ 2013 RE 202 Religious Ethics Roman Catholic Views on Abortion In the beginning‚ God created the world. He created the waters‚ the earth‚ the sky‚ the animals‚ and finally‚ He created man and woman to hold dominion over them all. Adam and Eve were created in the image of God‚ and had they not sinned‚ they would have continued to be able to see God and speak to Him without the need of an emissary. When they do eventually
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2010 I visited the Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church of Toronto to attend the Holy Mass‚ which they call the “Great Matins” which starts at 8:30 a.m. The Holy Eucharist Church is located at 515 Broadview Avenue‚ in Toronto. I decided to visit this Catholic Church because after calling several churches to find out if I could visit to do my visitation report‚ this Church seemed to be more interesting because it was the only Eucharist Catholic Church nearby my grandparents’ house. This beautiful
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