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    BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH PA R A G R A P H 4 C H R I S T ’ S FA I T H F U L - H I E R A R C H Y‚ L A I T Y‚ C O N S E C R AT E D L I F E Sem. Mark Anthony Bunsalan Sem. Carl Albert Casipit Sem. Von Ryan L. Relos Sources https:// www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/chura3.htm Christifideles Laici - John Paul II - PostSynodal Apostolic Exhortation (December 30‚ 1988) http ://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocati ons/consecrated-life / Catechism of the Catholic Church Youtube.com Report

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    institutionalization of confession/baptism in the Roman Catholic Church. Augustine’s role in the development of confession is founded on his adaptation of Platonic philosophy into Church doctrine. Plato’s Forms represent the highest “good” in the human soul. Augustine’s perception of the Forms is then integrated into the concept of forgiveness in the teachings of Christ. This new doctrine formed a more tolerant and forgiving perspective on Original Sin‚ which allowed for the Church to hear confessions and lift the

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    Since the days of Peter the Great‚ the Russian Orthodox Church was directed by a religious governing body known as the Holy Synod. Representatives of the Holy Synod were appointed by the tsar; however‚ Tsar Nicholas II ruled terribly that the Orthodox leaders encouraged the revolution. For years‚ the Russian Orthodox Church had a continuous relationship with the tsars and opposition to the liberals. The Bolsheviks were persistent in their antagonism toward religion‚ with their atheist ideals‚ they

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    Christian churches were founded as a result of breaking away from the main church. People disagreed with how the church had turned into something that they did not believe it should be. Therefore people broke away and created many new Christian churches with their own distinct beliefs and practices. The majority of these Christian faiths are still present and have followers today. One of these Christian churches is the Baptist church which began in the early seventeenth century. In the early seventeenth

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    bread and wine‚ members of the church reenact Jesus’ last supper‚ remember his sacrificial death‚ anticipate their reunion in Heaven‚ and reconfirm their unity with other members of the church. Communion is a central unit of worship in almost all Christian churches‚ but communion has been a source of conflict among Christians. The Eucharist can vary in tradition among the many denominations of Christianity. Because I attended the Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox Church‚ I will be focusing on one difference

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    A Catholic must marry in a church building. A Catholic must marry in a church building‚ unless otherwise‚ given permission from a priest. A church is a sacred space where the community gathers for Eucharist and to worship God. Here‚ the sacrament of initiation welcomes new members into the catholic community. Marriage is a sacrament that is traditionally celebrated and recognized as a Catholic practice. If a catholic wishes to marry in an Anglican church he or she must receive permission from a

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    3.6 The Theological Considerations of the Catholic Church’s Response to HIV and AIDS. The Catholic theologians firmly agree that HIV and AIDS pose three major theological challenges to the Church. First‚ the sheer number of the people infected and affected by the disease means that the Church cannot ignore the problem. This means the Church has AIDS. This underlines the validity of the Church’s response almost in every continent. Secondly‚ the negative economic impact of the disease on the people

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    in Irish won them much support amongst the people as unlike the Protestant preacher‚ they weren’t associated with England. These orders became recognised as an important advantage to the Catholics so much so that they were allowed free movement within the people. There was great attempts to reorganise the church such as ensuring that there was sufficient numbers of priests to each dioceses. As well as this the problem with the lack of bishops was addressed as there were no bishops in Ireland around

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    is held dear by the people who created it. It’s why hospitals are clean and hotels are lavish‚ and why we’re going to expect specific friends houses to look a certain way before we see them. The same way all of this still applies to our life‚ the Catholic and Protestant Churches of the era surrounding the Reformation were designed by the people in the faith to represent the ideals of their religion‚ and you can see many of the differences between the two such as the belief in the supremacy of the

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    history as being irrelevant and only know tip of the ice burg facts. Most people when asked about the Christian church say that it split‚ however the reading of Chapter 10 from Ways of the World provides much more information on the given topic. The chapter begins with explaining the collapse of the Roman Empire and the continuous establishment of Eastern Christianity in the original church located in Byzantine. Following the collapse which took many years‚ the East of Europe was better off than the

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