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. It contains the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ.
And that becomes the spiritual and physical nourishment. As you partake of it, it becomes part of you, transforms you, and makes you more and more righteous. Martin Luther likened this to the idea of a red-hot iron in a fire—united, but not changed.
Bock says:. Jesus Christ surrounds the elements. In this understanding, the elements are symbols which remain ontologically unaffected by the ritual. As previously discussed, protestants view justification as the moment God declares that a guilty person is righteous because of what Christ has done.
Sanctification , then, is the process of being made more righteous throughout your life. Rather than a vertical structure, Protestants see the church as having a horizontal structure. Svigel contrasts the role of the Catholic priest with the Protestant idea of the priesthood of all believers:. From Luther on, we have the ability to confess our sins to one another, pronounce forgiveness as the scripture says.
Catholics are Christians The founder of the original protestant churches Mr. Luther himself was heartbroken to have to leave the Catholic church btw, and his church is based almost entirely on Catholicism, only modified to fix the wrongs he saw at the time most of which have since been fixed.
That being said the line between Catholicism and Protestantism is extremely narrow and your attempt to alienate Catholics is ridiculous, unnecessary, and ignorant. To How much clearer would you want it to get? It's a wiki so you can improve the article if you think you can do better. And all articles on the site are of the format X vs. Y, not just this one. Throughout ages as recorded centuries ago, during the Inquisition, The French St.
Bartholemy Massacre, the long standing violent confrontations continuing today between irish catholics and protestants and more recenty, during the modern day butchery of the Bosnian Cleansing, organized religion has shown no mercy to its devotees.
It's very obvious when you read the many comments here that we all crave a very personal relationship with God. He knows where your heart lies. No one else needs to justify your faith in Him but Him. It's when we all have this egotistical need to show others that our "church" is better than theirs that we come dangerously close to the same rebellious and homicidal tendencies of years past when missionaries, forced their morally failed dogma upon noble "savages" who never saw themselves lesser children of God before they covered their nakedness.
Christianity is a living presence what i mean is are we really a Christian? Our mission in life is not to convinced people that already beleive we are an easy audience is speaking to or showing people that don't care and don't listen, and help them make a difference in their lives. All of this without taking any claim to it. As we all know, you give without expecting and you give with the right hand without letting your left hand know what you gave. To me, that is the real challenge!!
Again, are any of us prepare to confront the world with our beliefs. Writing about it does not make our faith stronger than any other Christian that shares similar values. My opinion, anybody that speaks of God or Jesus has a good foundation and the potential of living with great values. We keep raising the tolerance level when it comes to rules of life. The Bible will tell you what is right and what is wrong. The people in the wrong always hide behind "God loves everyone the same" which is true but he also does not punish everyone the same.
I am always afraid of saying the wrong thing or perhaps being to strong about the way I interpret the Bible today and speak of it; it seems the older I get and the more I mature I become, the interpretation that I once thouht to be right, has changed. I do not want to change someone beliefs. I concentrate on the part of being afraid of God if you step ouside of the guidelines of your beleifs. The Church crucified Jesus and called him a fraud and here we are.
It is known that Jesus was Jewish, is it wrong that we are not? Say to yourself, I beleive in this so strongly that I am willing to listen and help you understand your true beleifs.
You are standing on a solid ground that no one can shake you off of it. Don't confront it as if you are about to lose your own faith. Sorry for the long message As a attentant human, observant Christian, curious by stander, and bemused human at the foolish-ness of the human race i'd like to take this moment to point out that catholoicism and christianity are, in fact, the same thing- at the core. The big difference? A pope. Whoah- crazy, so what, some where along the way a group of christians decided to trust one man with more central power over the church- and then down the road, some where peeked in there bible and discovered that there really isn't a pope- and they don't trust central power- or large amounts of power in general.
As a community as a whole with a shared goal spreading the good news to the four corners of the earth we should shake hands, sign a peace treaty, agree to disagree on certain minorish factors, and become a united body as opposed to waisting valuable energy bickering amongst our selves. It should be noted that the majority of the world's Christians are Catholics.
If you take the Catholic Church out of the equation, there is no Christian Church. Christ founded only one church, the Catholic Church. This comparison should be Catholicism vs Protestantism. The very word "Protestant" speaks volumes about the history of this sect of Christianity.
Protestants were disgruntled Catholics who left the Church and refused to acknowledge the primacy of St. Peter who Christ appointed to lead his Church on earth. Protestants keep morphing into countless sects while the one holy Catholic and apostolic Church marches on. The facts are overwhelming, undeniable and speak louder than words. The plain and simple truth is as follows: all Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholic.
The context for comparison is not at all appropriate and poorly written at best. We as Christians must start to focus on our vast similarties, not on our small differences. That sort of thinking is what started New Age, the growig masacre of religion as I see it. There's a difference between Catholicism not making sense to me and Christianity not making sense to you, atheists ADMIT that you don't believe the bible, Atheists aren't pretending to be God-fearing people, therefore Atheists are not hypocrites.
Catholicism practices no REAL fear of God and is a religion built on tradition instead of a faith built on scripture, and they claim to believe the bible and be Christians, but almost every aspect of the Catholic Church contradicts the bible, therefore they are hypocrites.
Prostitutes have better chances of going to heaven than hypocrites. This site is basically the blind leading the blind by causing confusion to those who dont know the difference as it is obviously apparent that the author is not either catholic or part of the christian religion. For better results, read the source of divine knowledge, the Bible. Romans is a good place to start. The section under Christian Laws is incorrect..
How many versions do you know? Read one in its entirety and view the message. I also saw a comment regarding a new Bible that fits our society. Is your Society the only one that counts? Did you write off your grandparents? Did they also write off their grandparents? Our Society wants all to fit in a box, thinking is out of the questions and applying would be asking for the impossible.
I can only imagine what awaits for all of us as we also approach the old age. The Bible has a message. We are to understand it and interpret to our life. If God keeps performing miracles just to keep convincing us, how much would we ask of him.
One could assume he would be call a Genie in a bottle; or at least until he stopped listening because you misbehave. Again, how far would we push until we finaly agreed to claim him as our father. If you stay married and sleep in separet beds, it is your choice. If you commit adultery and you are lost, my Bible does not simply ignore and go on about your business. It is called misery until you repent and truly understand. As the head of the Catholic Church, the pope has authority over the interpretations of the bible.
Christians consider the pope to be the leader of the Catholic Church, but do not recognize his authority and do not believe in his supremacy. Catholics consider the Virgin Mary to be the highest-ranked saint and the leader of all saints, while Christians believe that she was a sinner just like everyone else.
The Catholics believe that the Virgin Mary was sinless and that her body went to heaven after being resurrected while Christians believe she was buried after she passed away. Catholics accept the depiction of the Virgin Mary, Christ, or any other saint in the church in the form of pictures and statues. Catholics display these pictures and statues in their homes and even wear them as jewelry.
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