The biggest difference between Catholicism and Protestantism comes down to authority. Protestantism at its very inception around five hundred years ago was anti-authority against the Catholic Church. While Catholicism claims historic foundation from St Peter to our current Pope today, the Catholic Church has been given authority from Christ Himself to lead the faithful to Him.
The big problem for Protestants is that Protestantism is reactionary to the Catholic Church and as such gives credence to converting to Catholicism. Well for a Protestant to marry or date a Catholic is fine, or at least in most Protestant denominations it is acceptable; but for a Catholic to marry a Protestant, it is NOT ok.
For a Catholic to marry anyone outside the Catholic faith which includes Protestants is to very much endanger their soul. So, why is that? Well, it really revolves around an older idea of marriage, where if you marry someone, you marry for life to that specific person and until death do you part. Now combine that with the idea that marriage is a sacred union bestowed by God.
Marriage in the Catholic faith is a sacrament. So, if the Catholic Church is the true church established by Christ, then they have the authority and obligation to oversee marriage. As such, it has been decided that the best way to honor the sacredness of marriage is to marry within the Church because marriage is directly involved with God. RCIA is a program where one is in a classroom setting and is taught the Catholic faith through either a priest or someone from the local parish.
It takes place at the local parish level and as such is run by the local priests and those who are employed by the diocese of the local parish. To enroll in RCIA is generally simple and straight forward. One must either call or email the local parish pastor and from there he will guide you throughout. The main reason why RCIA takes so long is because its encouraged by the overseeing bishop to take that long. The same goes pretty much all over the world as well. Another reason for RCIA to take so long as well is that the participants or catechumenates those who are being taught the faith in preparation for becoming Catholic must be confirmed into the faith on the Easter vigil.
So if you start after April then you usually are going to have to wait for an entire year, which is spent by preparing through RCIA. It is also the way to instruct those wishing to convert in the Catholic teachings. The Catholic Church has a long history steeped in doctrine and even though a year seems like a long time to study and prepare, in actuality, participants will only have time to learn the highlights!
Well according to this study , people who attended RCIA when converting to Catholicism were more often to attend Catholic Mass every Sunday and to be active in their parish community.
We're not done yet! Your opinion can help us make it better. We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. They worship the same God, but the principles of their faith are different.
Five hundred years after the Reformation, there are still painful divisions between Protestants and Catholics. In Germany, the country of the Reformation, a deep animosity divided Catholic and Protestant Christians up until a few decades ago. This division had deepened over the centuries through religious conflicts and wars. It all started when Reformation took place, years ago, as Martin Luther tried to reform the Catholic Church.
His attempt to do so instead led to a schism in the church. On October 31, , the publication of his Ninety-Five Theses, which outlined various abusive practices of the church, is considered the founding event that led to this division in Germany and the creation of the Evangelical Church.
Read more: Martin Luther's daring revolution: The Reformation years on. In , a year of commemoration of the Reformation was characterized by an ecumenical approach. In the past, Protestant churches had celebrated major Reformation anniversaries by worshiping Martin Luther as a hero — but in recent years that approach changed. Through various events, both sides paid tribute to Martin Luther while emphasizing their will to overcome divisions.
On March 11, , a central reconciliation service was held in the city of Hildesheim to jointly mark years since the Reformation. The goal in recent years has been to reach better understanding and find common ground between the two churches. A new united church is, however, far from being realized — and it is doubtful that it ever will. To describe their relationship, the expression "reconciled diversity" is used by both sides. Many of the aspects that were reformed by Luther at the time still divide both groups to this day.
Catholicism and Protestantism have distinct views on the meaning and the authority of the Bible. For Protestant Christians, Luther made clear that the Bible is the "Sola Skriptura," God's only book, in which He provided His revelations to the people and which allows them to enter in communion with Him. Catholics, on the other hand, do not base their beliefs on the Bible alone. Along with the Holy Scripture, they are additionally bound by the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church.
Catholics and Protestants have a different view on the nature of the church. The word "catholic" means "all-embracing," and the Catholic Church sees itself as the only true church worldwide, under the leadership of the pope. In contrast, the Protestant Churches which have emerged from Reformation, also called "Evangelical," which means "according to the Gospel," do not make up one united Church.
There are rather several tens of thousands of different denominations around the world. Officially, all of these many churches are considered equal. Yet Lizzie suffers from a syndrome I find common among Protestant converts to Catholicism like myself: just as we as Protestants declare ourselves authorities on the Bible, we frequently develop a commensurate attitude of authority regarding Catholicism.
This stems, I believe, from the deeply ingrained Protestant doctrines of perspicuity and the sufficiency of Scripture. We former Protestants simply expect things to be simple, straightforward, easily consumed, and then easily communicated to to others. In one video examining a number of common misconceptions about Catholicism, Lizzie tries to defend natural family planning, or NFP. Rather, she argues, it primarily about bringing children into the covenant with God.
As with her statements on NFP, there are grains of truth here — the Church does not formally teach that unbaptized babies go to hell. She also refers to Holy Tradition as simply a record of interpretations of Holy Scripture. This is also inaccurate.
Even the liturgy is itself a component of Holy Tradition. Lizzie elsewhere criticizes the Crusades as violent and evil, though it is one of the most defensible examples in Church history of just warfare theory, a doctrine with roots in St.
She also received Holy Communion at Catholic and Orthodox services, despite not having been confirmed in either tradition. Moreover, the fact that she did this reflects a concerning impulsivity for someone we are asked to view as an authority.
0コメント