Compare And Contrast The Catholic Orthodoxy

Both Catholicism and Judaism are sources of great comfort and relief for their members in their capacities as religions, communities, and cultural identities. That said, the two cultural groups differ in the nature of the stressors members of each group face and how they cope with them. To learn about how a Catholic experiences and handles stress, the Jewish writer interviewed a Catholic friend.

After researching, the Roman Catholic church and the Westeren Orrthodox church facts compile on the the thought that the several splits between the two and attitudes towards each other could not be resolved. Issues arised because of language barrier, opinions, and intolerance. This theisis will explain facts to prove the strong aversion, and ultimately the split.

Ask most people today if they have heard of Baptist and Catholic religion and most would say yes. In many ways the two are very similar. For instance, both are based on the Christian faith, belief in the trinity, and that God is the one true God. The two religions agree that Jesus died on the cross and rose again to atone for our sins. They share a 27 book New Testament and insist that salvation comes from Christ alone. On the other hand, while the Baptist and Catholic religions do have similarities, they also have differences, such as their services, communion, and views regarding salvation.

For years, the dispute about what is fact and what is opinion has been present in the church. This debate is seen, in modern day, through the different denominations that are under the Christianity banner. Under the banner of Christianity there are Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, Apostolic, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Church of God in Christ (C.O.G.I.C), and Lutheran.

Although the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church ultimately had more differences which ended up causing their

Both the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox Christians agree on which scriptures are the recognized gospels, on the same seven sacraments/mysteries. They share similar beliefs of who Mary was and see her as their greatest saint.

There are many ways to approach the bible, and people have many reasons for the paradigms which they believe. The bible has been read for hundreds of years, so it is no wonder people interpret information in different ways, but one paradigm seems to hold much evidence for validating how to approach the bible. The bible should be interpreted literally, and with the view that Jesus is God because much of the new testament is written from eyewitness of Christ. Also, there are many individuals who argue and provide evidence that the Catholic/Orthodox Paradigm is valid. Another reason is the many passages in the bible that echo each other. The Catholic/Orthodox paradigm is correct and should be used when interpreting the New Testament because it provides the most compelling evidence for its accuracy.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms that “freedom makes man a moral subject. When he acts deliberately, man is, so to speak, the father of his acts. Human acts, that is, acts that are freely chosen in consequence of a judgment of conscience, can be morally evaluated. They are either good or evil.” Likewise, the catechism states that “the morality of human acts depends on” three elements, which are “the object chosen, the end in view or the intention, and the circumstances of the action.” What it means is that classical theology affirms that to judge the goodness or evilness of an action, the three elements should be taken into account together because only with the unity of the three, essentially the object and the intention, the

In the funeral world there are a lot of different styles of funerals. For example, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic funerals. Both very different, but at the same time they have several things in common. In funerals there is an abundance of things to compare and contrast. We will be looking at different ways the notification of death is handled in both of these religions, removal, embalming, dressing/casketing, visitation requirements/rituals, and interment or cremation.

In source A it is shown that conformity to Catholicism is being forced, even though priests are willing to conform the overall consensus shows that Catholicism still needs to be widely accepted again by the people. Given that a priest in Yorkshire was recording this gives us an inclination into the regional view of religion at this time, its depict Yorkshire as less Protestant and so it would lead people to be more willing to conform due to the region being a strong Catholic area. Similarly source B supports the idea of Catholicism was strong, this is suggested through the actions taken in overcoming the obstacles caused by Protestantism and reconciling with Rome in favour of Catholicism once again. It shows conformity by how Parliament unanimously agreed on the act to repeal all laws against the Pope’s authority, the church seemly showed conformity as there were certain measures put into place to stop anybody who did not wish to revert back to Catholicism, these people were called Heretics and were strongly disliked by the church in particular.

Christianity is one of the world's most popular religion, Buddhism and Judaism are widely used also. Buddhism is a religion widely used in China and India. Judaism is a religion that is somewhat scarce but it used across the world. Christianity is the world's most popular religion and used very much in America.

Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are all monotheistic religions founded in the Middle East. Often grouped together as “Abrahamic religions," these three faiths share common traditions and history, a reverence to the Bible, a belief that there is one God, a belief in divine revelation and prophets, among other things. But Judaism, Christianity, and Islam also differ significantly in matters of practice and belief, from their perception of God to the identity of the prophets, Jesus, and the importance of Jerusalem. Judaism is the oldest surviving monotheistic religion, arising in the eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium B.C.E. One of Judaism's main texts is the Tanakh, an account of the Israelites' relationship with God from their earliest history until the building of the Second Temple (c. 535 BCE). Abraham is considered to be the first Jew and the father of the Jewish people.

“In the beginning there was the word... and the word was God” (John 1). It seems that both Christianity and Judaism were once one strong belief. The stories tie together way back to the beginning of time. As time progressed however, many differences and ideas sprouted a whole new three very big religions, which were Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The most similar tales, are of Christianity and Judaism. Although the two share very different ideas and stories of how history came to be, these two are the most comparable as well as maybe the most different. Comparisons of the two can be brought up in different topics of monotheism, Hebrew Scriptures, existence of Heaven, Angels and spirits, the Ten Commandments, the story of Abraham, the prophets, and the creation of everything.

Christianity and Islam are the largest religious in the world. Thirty-three percent of the world’s population is Christian, twenty-one percent Muslim. The world’s two largest religions have much in common, but they are also different in some crucial ways. Both Christianity and Islam are offshoots of Judaism. From Judaism, Christianity and Islam derived the doctrines of monotheism, prophecy, resurrection, and a belief in the existence of heaven and hell. Both Islam and Christianity have a holy book. Christians consider the Bible the inspired word of God. But Muslims believe that the Koran is the literal word of God. Mohammed was merely transcribing the words of Allah, much as a court reporter does. Muslims therefore attribute greater spiritual authenticity to the Koran and Islam than to the Bible and Christianity. Christianity and Islam are two of the world's most populous religions. Christianity and Islam are different in today's beliefs but similar in origin.

The two religions I have choose to write my essay on are Christianity and Judaism. There are many different religions in the world today, however these two sparked my interest. I learned some interesting similarities and differences between these two religions.