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Protestant Church vs. Catholic Church
I am Catholic..but I very interested in finding out about different religions..is that weird? hah
My question is: How many sects (right word?) does the Protestant church branch out to? (ex: Baptist, Methodist, Lutherans, etc..) How are their beliefs different from the other Protestant sects..(ex: How are Baptists different from Presbyterians?..etc) How are they all different from the Catholic Church?
Thanks so much!
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A comparative chart of beliefs
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that might help a little.
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You should really explore the depths of your own faith. Before you research others. I have an easy proposition for you.
go to www.ewtn.com
go to library
then audio library
then type "Mother Angelica" in the search or "Father Corapi" and listen to just one of these speakers concerning the catholic faith and if it interests you keep researching it until you know everything about the catholic faith which is the church that Christ founded 2000 years ago and when you finish learning everything you can move on to the other faiths. IF you can exhuast the depth of the catholic faith in this lifetime I will write you a check for $100, 000 and I will drop the catholic church and become an atheist. Because all other christian churches just interpret the bible a certain way, but the Catholic Church published the Bible. It was Catholics who wrote the New Testament and Decided which books would be in it. ThE Church was founded in the year 36 AD and the finalization of the NEw Testament occured in the middle 300's. Not only that but the CHurch offers you something infinitely greater than any other Church could ever offer. The Sacraments. Especially the greatest Sacrament. The Eucharist. I would Die for the Eucharist. Millions of early christians (Catholic) died because they would not deny that the Eucharist was Truely the Living God. Jesus is truely there. When you go to ewtn and look up Mother Angelica find talks on the Eucharist or if you Look up Father Corapi listen to the easter triduam Holy Thursday. It will Change your life. I would suffer a thousand deaths for the Catholic Church, but only after I have listened to their talks. They are both modern Day saints.
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no its not at all weird! its actrulyl really good. helps strenghten your religion or even convert to one that makes more since. i am a christan and i have done lots of research.... im pretty sure im a christian and a stronger one ever since! i admire your cirosidy.. its really gonna help you in the future! i incourage you to look into things because you never no where god is gonna take you with it! be sure to get the right information. hope i helped!
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first, no it isn't wierd.
second, protestants and all the other branches or all the non-catholic christians (depending on how you want to look at it) are so numerous I wouldn't know what number to give you... many have broken into individual groups as your mentioned lutheran and methodist but many of them have branched off within their own group... religion is an ever growing thing and changes to accomidate peoples minds as they change.
Third, the largest differences I have noticed between the catholic church and the other groups are that catholics take the wine to blood and bread to flesh literally... while most of the others I've researched view it more as a metaphor. Also the Catholic churchs acts as a monarchy within its own systerm where as the other groups are much more democratic in their actions...
I don't know if any of that made sense or helped any... I mean no offense to either side as I don't practice either side specifically... hoped that helped!
luck to you
Frost
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My advice is simple and invaluable: All the answers to your questions (plus much, much more) can be found at www.beliefnet.com.
You're welcome.
Dr. Chad
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It's not really wierd. The only wierd part about it is you're seeking that kind of thing in a protestant church.
Hit a synagogue.
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