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    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

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    A. Observe the loyalty and dedication of this church. Here was a church in the shadow of Satan’s throne and Jesus applauds their dedication. Visualize the enormous struggle of these devotion disciples in the midst of devils. The command center of Satan is a strategic place where he can best use his influence. Jesus tells them, “You remain true to my name.” He commended them for holding fast to his name. The Greek here carries the idea of seizing the name and holding fast to it. They would not trade

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    I have had an experience with the Catholic Religion. I have a to give the Catholics a lot of praise for being such a tight knit group. My father family were devoted Catholics. When my father married my mother he broke away from the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, I also grew up in a predominantly Catholic community. I was born among the Catholic culture. For years, I thought that something was wrong with me. I went to a public school that would bus the Catholic children to Catechism once or twice

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    Ch 13 Outline Protestants, Catholics and the Wars of Religion I. Personalities A. The Increasing Radicalization of the Movement 1. Ulrich Zwingli—1448-1531 a. Supported by guilds in Switzerland. b. Ideas differed from Luther's. 1. Luther kept sacraments (baptism and the Eucharist) 2. Advocated revolution. c. Supports union of church and state, Catholics resist, civil war in 1531 1. Catholics win, Zwingli captured and executed 2. Peace treaty resembles Lutheran Knights'

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    Central to this family–centered culture was the Roman Catholic Church, a trademark of these peoples’ Spanish heritage. Alas, though these immigrant pioneers were brothers and sisters of the one true apostolic church in a predominantly Protestant Texas, they were still just Mexicans in the eyes of the Anglo St. Mary’s Catholic parish. Duron still has trouble understanding the discrimination at the pews as she remembers that whenever she went to mass ”they let the Mexican people on one side and the

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    The Catholic Religion

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    Paper #2 The Catholic religion is based on this central figure, Jesus, who teaches them how to live in a manner according to the ultimate creator: God. There are ways to view Jesus in the modern day through different means of interaction. One way of interaction with Jesus is achieved when people attend church on Sundays to ensure that they are live according to God through their daily activities. Another way Christians interact with Jesus is through Mary and the saints because Mary and the saints

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    The world has more than one billion Catholics and with the ever growing population, it will only get larger in number. To be a Catholic means to have complete faith in God and his divine grace. Having God's divine grace means to obey it and keep it holy as it was created by God and given to his people. The religion itself is based on this and the people take it very seriously. Catholics believe that all people are of good nature but when one commits a sin it not only hurts that one person but the

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    Catholic Faith Religion

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    Is the Mormon Faith a Christian Religion? There is an ample scope of debate as to whether Mormonism is Christianity or not. It is true that both are similar; however, Protestants and Catholics equally are against the acceptance of Mormons to be Christians. There are many doctrinal similarities between the Catholic Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon). Both churches accept Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world and teach that salvation comes through faith in Christ

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    Catholics believe in one God known as the Father and creator of heaven and earth and all of the things they contain. Through Him all things were made. God gave up his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, who was crucified, tortured, and killed in order to save us from our sins. On the third day, He rose again and fulfilled the word of the scripture. He woke up and ascended into heaven and sat at the right hand of God the Father. He is to return to this world at an unknown time and location to judge the

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    Sociology 11-A October 13, 2014 Catholic Religion vs. Muslim Religion "Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths." This quote was said by the famous boxer Muhammad Ali. What he meant was that no matter what religion people are, each and every religion believe in a God or gods. Nevertheless, religions tell the different truths about the Creator of the world. Catholics believe that there is one God that

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