Comparing The Foundation Of Orthodoxy And The Canon

By the 1830s, the Protestant denomination which I am personally familiar with, had begun a few violent attacks against the Catholic, because of their republican values. Later in the same decade, the Protestants again ignited fire into a convention, here in Massachusetts related to difference in views. Within these 35 diverse Christian denominations, 50,873,000 members are Roman Catholic (Catholic) hence the largest. Other equally functional denominations are Baptist, Pentecostal, and several others; says a recent American Religious Identification Survey. (35 Largest Christian Denominations in the United States). While there are numerous varieties of their divide, the onset of Christian community emphatically, traces to only one unified community. Since its establishment in the 1st century, the Christian community was founded on the doctrines of Jesus of Nazareth, which rather contributes to the wellbeing of communities, regardless of whether their views aligned with theirs or not. Starting with the apostle Paul, several

Orthodox is a religion that is talked less among strong Christian believers. Many of the population don’t even know that it exists, youth, and old adults are more likely to discuss the religion Catholicism. Directly following the social protocol, many think that orthodox is a religion that died out long time ago and few never learns the history behind of its being in this world. Unlike the other denominations, Orthodox churches have followed strict rules and scriptures that have been passed down from generations. Many of my friends may say, “Orthodox is not a true religion. Stop wasting your time!” As a member of the Orthodox faith for eighteen years, I can only replay and say, “You have no idea what you are talking about.” In this DCA paper, I will write to show that I am part of the Orthodox church, logically explain why Orthodox altar boys is so strong, and illustrate how this type of commitment affects your emotional life to prove that I belong in the Orthodox discourse community.

The orthodox Christianity (such as Catholic tradition) asserts that there is only one God, not three gods. Furthermore, it states that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit compose of only one God, implying that the three divine Persons are distinct in the way they relate to each other (Mere Catholicism).

Both Christians and Catholics follow the Ten Commandments, however the Catholics also have another believe which is the papal law (http://www.enkivillage.com/). The papal law are regulations in which the people believe God speaks to them through the pope (http://www.dictionary.com/). The Christians do not believe in the pope instead they only have a preacher or a minister. Salvation is another thing they both have in common and people believe it is a gift from God. Salvation is something very important to both religions, for it is the key to salvation. Even though they both believe in salvation, it has a different practice in both religions. Christian believes they can choose when they want to baptize and once they have performed this baptism, they are reborn and have accepted Jesus as their savior. Catholics on the other hand, are baptized as a baby after being born. Although, Catholics believe that in order for you to drink the bread and body of Crist which is the wine you must have gone through your first communion classes and must have passed them. You will attend your classes usually on Saturday or other one of the days out of the week. Christians don’t believe in drinking the body and bread of Crist. These are some different beliefs between these two

The term Christianity encompasses a diverse array of churches and groups that comprise the Church. While certain beliefs must be agreed upon to be included in Christendom, there is a lot of room for different interpretations of Scripture. However, it can be difficult for churches and individuals to accept that views that differ from their own still may be Christian views. In the readings concerning Anglicanism and Non-Conformity, the tensions between the two groups during the Victorian era, as well as Roman Catholicism, are apparent.

I believe that there is only one Church, although there are various denominations. I believe we get caught up in the religious denominations, when God is really looking at the heart of man.

After the 4th century when Constantinople emerged as a great capital and church center, tensions sometimes arose between its leaders and the bishop of Rome. After the fall of Rome to Germanic invaders in 476, the Roman pope was the only guardian of Christian universalism in the West. He began more explicitly to attribute his dominance to Rome’s being the burial place of Saint Peter, whom Jesus had called the “rock” on which the church was to be built. The Eastern Christians respected that tradition and recognized the Roman patriarch to a measure of honorable authority. But they never believed that this authority allowed the papacy to overrule another church or that it made the pope into a

Under the guidance of Jesus Christ, the catholic faith and other christian denominations attempt to unite together through a process called Ecumenism. During Jesus's lifetime he preached one main message which

Thank you for your imput. Sorry that my statement on deuterocanonical (second canon) was a little ambiguous. The deuterocanon (ie. "second canon") is a set of seven books — Sirach, Tobit, Wisdom, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and Baruch, as well as longer versions of Daniel and Esther — that are found in the Old Testament canon used by Catholics, but are not in the Old Testament canon used by Protestants, Some of the book that were excepted were excpted by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Church, but not the Protestant church Martin Luther had a problem with some of these book and he ended up placing them at then end with Revelations. He even fought to have them removed from the

There are many different churches in America that say to be “Christian” and all claim to be the church that Jesus built, or say they are a part of it. We need to go back to the bible and see what it tells us (Christians and non-believers) about the church. The church is “an assembly” or “called out ones but to me it is the people that make up the church. It isn’t as people think and say today that it is a building; also to me it means a place of tongues and worship. The church (which comes from the Greek word ecclesia) is “the bride of Christ" and is ready for her groom. Furthermore, Jesus says there is only one church

From the very commencing of the Church with the flow of contemporary evangelical crusade, conservative Protestants have splintered, disputed, and shattered the Church, Word, who Jesus, who God, who the Holy Spirit is, and over the Heavenly Kingdom . The centuries of Church fathers and all following the second century seemed to not only debate the meanings of the Scriptures, but also questioned the reality of the Word as well.

Briefly compare and contrast two (2) of the major traditions of western theology. Put these in conversation with each other and show how they critique and/or complement one another.

Christianity can be divided into three main denominations: Catholicism, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodox. The doctrines of each of these divisions are based on the books of the Old and New Testament. Although their central texts are almost exactly the same (a few books are different), their interpretations of them differ greatly. Each asserts that their own interpretation is the only correct one and that all other doctrines are false (this is slightly less true of many protestants, owing to the lack of a central protestant church). Obviously, the most central part of Christian belief is the teachings of Jesus Christ, as described in the four Gospels. In the Book of Mark, believed to be the earliest of the four, it states “He who believes [the gospel] and is baptized will be saved, but he who disbelieves it will be condemned” (p106). This immediately creates an ideology based entirely on one’s faith rather than reason or even one’s actions. Jesus himself says “All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men… but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” (Mark p71). This allows a system to be set up which requires above all a rigid belief in a central doctrine, deviation from which is punished by eternal damnation. It is then very easy for the church to present one interpretation which it deems correct and feel justified in enforcing strict adherence

It was at a very young age that I knew there was something very different about me. I could never put my finger on it, but I always felt like something inside made me different from everyone else around me. In almost ever setting or place. I have always felt there was something going on internally that I could not explain, but it is as if I knew from the time I could see and hear that I was not alone in this journey called life. And in reflection, I see that God was certainly always there watching patiently every step of the way. The power of God sovereignty observing each growth spirit, failure and experience day after day during every passing moment brought about physical and spiritual of transformation.

But [Jesus] answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’” (Matt. 4:4 NASB)