Gospel: Matthew 3: 13-17 Homily: The gospel today was just like the gospel last Sunday. But today we celebrate the baptism of Jesus Christ. We celebrate Happy Three Kings‚ but now we celebrate it as epiphany meaning knowing Jesus. In the gospel today John doesn’t want to baptize Jesus. But why? Our priest told us that John doesn’t want to baptize Jesus because Jesus doesn’t have sins‚ and he told us also Jesus wants to be baptized because he took our sins. Jesus wants us to be saved from our sins
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Baptism There are many positive and negative arguments about infant baptism in the Catholic Church. Baptism is a Christian. Baptism is the second biggest sacrament known to Christian religions. Baptism is a Christian sacrament marked by a ritual‚ which admits the recipient into the Christian community. In the Roman Catholic tradition baptism is celebrated by immersing a persons head with water. Infant baptism has a lot of good negative arguments to help make this issue so controversial. One
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all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father‚ the Son and the Holy Spirit…” Many of the sacraments that are celebrated today involve the use of oil. Baptism and confirmation are the two principle sacraments involving oils. In the Church liturgies‚ the actual significance of oil is often not known (or at least not fully) to the members of the parish faith community. This paper will examine the meaning of oil‚ the sacraments in which it is used
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Roman Catholic vs. Baptist Church Roman Catholic and Baptist Church are the two leading Christian religions in America. They have some similarities‚ such as; 1. Both believe in the Trinity‚ Father‚ Son and Holy Spirit 2. Both believe that Jesus was fully God and fully man. 3. Both believe that good works is necessary 4. Both believe in Heaven and a Hell 5. Both believe God is all knowing and all powerful
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have been going to Pilgrim Congregational since my mom first took me and then I couldn’t decide what I believed in‚ but now with the experience of many years of coming to church I know that this is the faith that I want to be confirmed in. I have learned a lot throughout the class about the church and how it works‚ the United Church of Christ‚ the bible‚ Jesus Christ and God‚ and what it means to help others. Over the six months I developed many beliefs within the Christian faith. It is important
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characteristic of the Episcopal form of church government? Places a high degree of authority in the leaders. It implies the rule of one position over a church or many churches. Why should this form of church government be rejected? The structure of oversight is not found in the New Testament. What is the major characteristic of the Representative form of church government? Is based on the rule of the church by presbyters or elders Why should this form of church government be rejected? It does
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Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther’s Theses’ challenged church corruption particularly the doctrine of indulgences as well as the practices relating to the authority of the Pope. The invention of the printing press allowed people to read his Theses’ on a wide spread basis. His contribution to Christianity led to the development of his own denomination within Christianity: the formation of the Lutheran church in 1530. After posting his 95 Theses‚ the pope ordered Luther the bull
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Topic 3 - Discuss the Rise of Individualism… The rise of individualism‚ at what we now know as the medieval era‚ opened the eyes of many people; a few will be discussed though out this paper. In the times previous to the establishment of individualism‚ man‚ as a whole considered him-self corrupt‚ impure and unworthy. Slowly‚ individuals began seeing certain things differently. As these free thinkers began to spread their ideas many mindsets began changing as well. Along with these mindsets ideas
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ALVARADO‚ AMY D. ReED-3 BSIT-3 REFLECTION ON MY BAPTISM The baptism ritual has been a symbolic part of our Christian faith. Throughout the years‚ baptism has been performed as a sign of welcoming one to the Christian faith‚ as well as the renouncing of the original sin committed by Adam and Eve. The Sacrament of Baptism is the most beautiful thing that happens in someone’s life. To be baptized in the Catholic Church means more than being sprinkled with water on one’s head and receiving
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have different histories‚ beliefs‚ and practices. The start of the Presbyterian Church is connected to a 16th century French reformer named John Calvin‚ He put a lot of thought into ministry‚ the church‚ religious education‚ and the Christian life. John led the Reformation in Geneva‚ Switzerland. The town council of Geneva allowed his Ecclesiastical Ordinances which set regulations on issues that had to do with the church order‚ gambling‚ dancing‚ and swearing. Another man that was important to the
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