... relationship with Christ and their faith is all ritual. There are some substantive theological differences between Protestant Christianity and Catholic Christianity. These include: 1. Protestants believe that the Bible is the final authority and revelation of God. Catholics also believe that the church speaks for God. This has caused some non-biblical doctrines to be developed over the ... and rosaries to bow down to goes directly against the first commandment (which they must follow in order to be justified!). 4. The Catholic church believes in purgatory, while the Bible, and the protest...

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... in Wilmington, Delaware in 1638. Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg founded the first North American regional synod in 1748. Lutherans believe that salvation comes through faith alone. Their sacred writings are the Bible and the Augsburg Confessions (written in 1530). One of the services they perform the Lord's Supper. Lutherans are mostly a conservative group in religious and social ethics. The baptizing of infants ... Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in the United States in 1784. Their name derives from the founder's desire to study religion "by rule and method."" They wanted to follo...

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... whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (The Catholic Living Bible 1971: Matt. 16:19). Of course, the idea of selling "a remission of worldly punishment due to sin" is a concept ripe for abuse. In ... after receiving a master's degree from the University of Erfurt. For years, he was an outstanding servant of the Church, but his study of the Bible led him into conflict with the Church's sometimes-corrupt system of beliefs. "Many people were critical of the luxurious life of the popes, the corruption ....

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... done to very good, religious Christians, who often wanted nothing less than to witness to others or become closer to Jesus. Just because this phenomenon is not mentioned in the bible does not mean it's not Christian based or a holy sign. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Another phenomenon of the Christian Church today is demon possession, although it is a much more ... possible cases of demon possession and be careful not to attempt to exorcise a bad case of P.M.S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1st Corinthians 12:1-11 is the main section...

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... the controversies surrounding the politics of power in gender relations within the Roman Catholic Church. Historically, the unequal power structure between the different genders (male and female) in the Hebrew Bible relegated women and placed them in positions of objective powerlessness. And despite God's plan for equality between men and women through Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:28) and the fight for women ... Catholic Church are denied positions of religious authority which excludes them from clerical positions in the church. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her article, "The Degraded Status of...

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... morning I would like for us to consider the spiritual health of the evangelical church, as we look at ten symptoms of apostasy. (PAUSE) 1. The Bible How do we as evangelicals treat the Bible today? Well let's take a look at what the best and brightest of the Evangelical World are telling us! The New ... Bible Commentary Edited by our very own D.A. Carson says that Mark Chapter 16: 9-20 "cannot be said to be part of the Scriptures." You heard me ... versions Mark 7:16, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 11:26 and Mark 15:28 DELETED! and that's just the Gospel of Mark. Don't tell me that Bible v...

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... Protestantism, while in the Eastern Churches, many communities like the Armenians, Ethiopians, Russians and Italians set up their own Patriarchies. The New Testament of the Bible originally was written in Greek language. The English word Church is translated from the original Greek word 'EKKLESIA', which means 'CALLED OUT ONES' - ... and forests. They were burned, thrown to wild beasts, put to death by every torture cruelty could device. He burned the scrolls of The Bible manuscripts, withdrew the citizenship and the rights of the Christians, burned the Christians in groups and so on. It...

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... of science to things unrelated to salvation of the soul and Galileo's letter along with his two works were the events that had serious overtones and invoked incidents involving the Bible. Drake concludes that, "years of experience had showed Galileo that the best strategy was to separate questions of fact from matters of opinion. Observations and measurements sufficiently defined the realm ... the less they change! Nevertheless, in February 1616, the Copernican heliocentric system was condemned. According to Drake, "a principal area of contention between Catholics and Protestants was fr...

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... king to have sex with a bride before their husbands were allowed, according to various translations of the Epic of Gilgamesh. • Bible Polygamy, that is simultaneously being married to more than one woman, was common for many men featured in the Bible: Abraham, the first Jew, took a concubine, Hagar, for the express purpose of continuing his blood line, since his wife, Sarai ... ...

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... intermediary is needed at all in Luther's theological approach. This is one of Protestantism's most significant qualities. Another very important characteristic of Luther's reforms is the final authority of the Bible with respect to theological matters. This is also completely different from York-12 the Roman Catholic view, which holds that the Church is the final authority with regard to theological ... ...

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