...My First Experience At Catholic Church Introduction Christianity today is one of the dominant religions in the world with over 2 billion followers. It has an extensive variety of beliefs, forms and exercises, despite this extensiveness all have one common thing, which is faith in Jesus Christ (Hastings, 2000). I having been brought up in the Baptist beliefs and practices had not gotten a chance to attend a church outside my traditional church the Baptist. Lately I got an expected opportunity to attend the Catholic Church mass and the experience was one of its kinds. The Experience On arrival at the church, I felt a bit nervous, as it was my first time to be in a catholic church. the environment around was still and this made me feel nervous. The first impression that I received was the beauty of the church. I was convinced that much attention was directed towards maintaining the quality of the church. The inside was good looking stained window glasses, candles, and the portrayal of Christ on the cross. The architects and arts inside the church was a clear indication of how holly and clean the place was for worship. The presence of Christ portrait made me feel in place, as it was an indication that the people had faith in Jesus Christ (Rasmussen, 2003). Being a visitor in this church the shaking of everyone’s hands by the priest at the entrance as they entered the service brought a feeling of warm welcome to the church and eliminated the weird feeling of being a stranger...
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...4. What has been your experience with the Catholic Church? The church itself is extremely important to me! I I have always had a positive experience with the church. I have always been involved with the church through youth group and also being an altar server for many years. I grew up in a Catholic home, so we always went to mass on Sundays and were involved with the church. You have so many positive role models from the church. Fr. Ray had a huge impact on my faith life and was a great role model. He took me to many dinners and activities throughout the diocese. It was great to be involved in the church at such a young age. I am grateful for being born into a Catholic home. In high school I was also extremely involved through the youth group....
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...power, the Catholic Church abused it by exploiting the uneducated laity in a variety of different ways. Luther had his tower experience in 1516, while he was studying the Bible he came to a realisation that the Catholics have misinterpreted it and they are not following the word of God. One year later, Luther published his ideas on how the Catholic Church could reform and make it into a more complete religion, these were the Ninety-five Theses. This was the start of Luther’s challenge to the Catholic Church. The most significant reason why Luther was able to challenge the Catholic Church so successfully in 1517-25 is because of the role of Luther, as he was the figurehead of Lutheranism and was very key to the challenge to the Catholic Church. Another significant reason why Luther was able to challenge the Catholic Church so successfully in 1517-25 is because of the response of Church and the Holy Roman Empire. Furthermore, the support of Luther made it easier for Luther to challenge the Catholic Church and so was an important reason. The role of Luther is the most important reason why Luther was able to challenge the Catholic Church so successfully in the years 1517-25. The Ninety-five Theses in 1517, the 1520 pamphlets and printing press were very significant factors in making the word of Luther more public to the uneducated laity about how the Catholic Church is exploiting them. The printing press helped Luther challenge the Catholic Church easily because Luther’s Ninety-five...
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...Kondrisack Professor Joseph Parot History 364 October 12, 1996 Protestants and Catholics in America: Historical Tensions and Efforts Toward Religious Unity When America was being discovered, many of the people brought their beliefs over from Europe and other countries. People tried to educate the natives and have them convert. People needed to have their belief flourish so it that there would be a chance for their religion to survive. Among several different groups of people and their religions trying to gain the largest following, many ideas and people collided. This collision began many years of protests, fighting and wars. There was much tension toward many religious groups but there was a strong opposition between Protestants and Catholics. Protestants and Catholics view many beliefs in the same light but there are beliefs that separated these two groups. There were beliefs that separated Protestants from each other, but most of them began their beliefs protesting against Catholicism. Protestants were not developed in America. For Protestants,"Europe was the original scene of operations. The opening event was a movement that today goes by the name of Protestant Reformation."(Nuesner, 1994, p37) Catholic groups have their own reformations but for Protestants this was the beginning of their journey. The Reformation began because there were many leaders who did felt, Catholics were operating in immoral ways. Actually, Protestantism was a branch of western Christianity...
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... d. History of Black Catholics III. Black Spirituality & Culture. a. Black Spirituality b. What We Have Seen and Heard – Pastoral Letter on Evangelization c. Catholic Teaching on Racism IV. Conclusion INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about the true meaning of Black Liberation Theology. I want to present this paper as an enlightening pit of information to all who read it. I hope that will be an enlightenment and appreciation of the culture and spirituality of Blacks by non Blacks. And for Blacks I hope to affirm that our culture and spirituality is a depiction of our past, present, and future relationship with God. “Black Liberation Theology and Black Theology” are terms that walk hand in hand. For both share it’s African and slave roots since the 1560s. Long before the landing of The Mayflower at Plymouth Rock in 1620. There are a lot of differences between the two. Black Liberation Theology is more “vocal” in proclaiming liberation from oppression. Often it presents itself as hatred. An example of this is the speech of Rev. Jeremiah Wright on March 13, 2008. Black Theology, from a Black Catholic perspective, works in the line of tradition within the Catholic Community. Such hatred...
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...Frank Van Der Veken Midterm Exam On this popular television show, the host announces comments that are very arguable. He states that bishops, priests, and nuns have no business talking about justice and that the, along with activists and theologians are turning the church into something like the Communist Party. The host does not agree with any relationship between faith and justice. He contends that faith is about trusting in God and God’s mercy and does not require promoting justice. Also, he insists that justice is a socialist idea, not a Christian one. Overall, making a bold observation that faith has nothing to do with justice. Although, this host has strong opinions, he needs consider more factors before making such bold points. Everyone has their own opinion and not all Christians understand faith in the same manner. According to one of Avery Dulles’s writings, The Assurance of Things Hoped For, faith has multiple understandings throughout both Testaments of the Bible. Faith can be defined as an acceptance of God’s promises and demands. “In the Old Testament faith is depicted as the appropriate response to God’s faithfulness to his covenant promises” (Dulles 17). Overall, faith is tested by obedience and fidelity. In the New Testament, it refers to faith as Pistic which is a Greek word that means faith and further, a truth in God. Moreover, faith means personal trust in Jesus as the bearer of the kingdom (Dulles 17). According to Dulles, faith can...
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...Decline of the Catholic Church There are many people who challenged he Catholic Church, accepted church doctrines, and the bible. But why? John Wycliffe was one of the people who challenged the Catholic Church. In his writing, he said that monarchs should rule/take over the church, in their own kingdoms. The church was abusing their power. They were afraid someone would overrule them. So they proved this by translating the bible. The bible was translated from Latin to English. This threatened the clergy. If the bible was read and translated into English, people would interpret the bible’s meaning themselves. When the bible was translated, many people got mad. They got mad because people believed they were being told what was truly in the bible, but instead the church said lies to make people do what they wanted them to do. This has to do with church doctrines. John Wycliffe’s work influenced John Hus, an Eastern European priest. John Hus went against the practice of selling indulgences. He called for reform. Hus went up to the Council of Constane to defend his statement. But, things went wrong, they burned him at stake. This made all of the other people scared to stand up to the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was the first after John Hus to stand up to the church. Luther was a priest. He had been authorized to preach indulgences, which people donated money. Luther was protesting his ninety-five theses. He saw the practices as proof of how corrupt the church was. Luther...
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...Hunter Tierney Pope Francis: Why He Leads The Way He Leads Book Report 9/22/15 This book was very influential and made many points that carried a tremendous amount of weight. Having been the first literature I have read about the Pope, I am truly amazed with the amount of change he has been able to impose on the Catholic Church. When thinking of Catholicism I envision centuries of practices that have not changed but when it comes to Pope Francis he envisions change and is acting on it. After reading this book I truly believe that he is going to be the change that the Catholic Church needs and that he will be able to have a positive impact not only on the followers of the Catholic Church but all people on our Earth. What I found to be most intriguing about the book was the amount of examples it was able to include regarding the various aspects of leadership and what makes an effective leader in today’s world. These aspects were carried with the Pope from his entire Jesuit journey that was laid out in the 1500’s by Ignatius of Loyola. I found the back-story of Ignatius of Loyola’s creation of the Jesuit order of priests to be very intriguing. Ignatius of Loyola was one of the many examples that strengthened this books representation of how Pope Francis’s leadership traits translate into other walks of life. He demonstrates such positive attributes that can be utilized by people across the world. I found the most powerful part of the book to be the description of the Pope’s...
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...For my second Observation Report, I visited the church of St. Charles Borromeo in Arlington. Every Wednesday, the church holds what they call the “P3” service for Young Adults. It was my second time visiting this church and the impression was the same as the first time: admiration for the many young adults that participate in this type of service in a church. Again, the church location is great because the area is very active and there are a lot of young people around. “P3” started at 6:30pm, this Wednesday was special because it was Holy Week. The church gives special attention and encourages its members to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation or confession. Therefore, the Church was somewhat full. I was very amaze when I entered the Church, to see such a big number of people waiting for the priest to hear their confession. For the most part, they were all young adults. Young adults between 26 to 40 years of age. There were a few couples and its majority it was single young adults attending the service. Another thing that surprised me a lot, was the devotion that each of them showed during the...
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...modern Europe. These reformations include the Protestant Reformation, the English Reformation, and the Catholic Reformation. The events that lead to these reformations during the 16th century are quite lengthy. During the 14th century, salvation outside of the church was not possible. Thus, religion played a prominent role in the daily lives of people. However, many issues began to rise amongst all things religion. In 1309, internal conflict within the Catholic Church caused for its capital to be moved from Rome to Avignon. This shift of power started a war between France and England that lasted for nearly a century. To add to the turmoil, in 1347 the Black Death took the lives of more than 25 million Europeans within four years. Due to the plague, the church saw that a second pope was needed and established one in Rome. Then again in 1409, a third pope was elected. As three popes were battling for power, ordinary Christians became confused on who to believe. By the time the church resolved its problems, simple teachings of Christ were abandoned, and people saw the need to reform (HistoryTubeTV). Also known as The Reformation, the Protestant Reformation’s main goal was to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. During the 15th century, the Christian church was the most powerful institute in medieval Europe, but the debauchery within the church eventually lead to its declining power and influence. Between 1450 and 1520, a series of popes – called...
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...Field Trip REGLI/448 DeVry University Daniel Henke December 8, 2013 For my field trip I chose to visit a Catholic Church St Peter located in Waldorf, MD. I took my two children with me and while driving to the church I explained to them that this was a field trip for my assignment. The look on their faces was priceless. Of course my five year old did not understand what I was talking about but she just knew that this experience was going to be different. I was excited that you asked the class to go on this journey to see how others worshiped. A friend of mine called me country for not venturing out to other places to see what was out there. To me it was not necessary to do because my past relationships did not require me to step out of my denomination and my entire family is Baptist so why would I? Well I am happy I did and plan to in the near future attend a mosque service just out of pure curiosity. For this trip I wanted to experience it but they were located in DC and I did not want to travel that far. Driving up to the location was pretty much what I had expected, beautiful temple, spacious parking and a mix crowd of worshipers. As the girls I got dressed that morning, I wondered without sharing with them, how the people would dress. Do they wear jeans or pants, or should I wear a long skirt or dress? Needless to say as I parked my car I noticed that other people were dress like me, jeans and a nice top or blouse. Last Sunday was a beautiful comfortable...
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...Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document Student’s Name Institution Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document In Catholic schools, religious education is the first area of learning. Religious education enables children and the youth to justify, explain and understand Christian message and teachings as they are taught by the Catholic Church (Carswell, 2001). Religious education is taught to all those who follow and believe in Christ in the world. Through learning, students are taught research, guided on how to study and overall learn how Christians should live (Ryan, 2003). These students also get to know the distinctive vision of the Catholic Church. The Catholic curriculum systematically directs students and enhances them to reflect critically on the meaning of being a Catholic (Carswell, 2001). In Australia, Religious Education Curriculum is imperative, and a must learn program for all years of schooling. This Program, which is denoted as K-12 contains what is to be covered in the Religious curriculum (Ryan, 2003). Time allocations are prescribed to this curriculum about the age of the learners. This program is part of the learning experience and is mandated by Australian Bishops. Its primary objective is to raising religious knowledge and awareness. In Australia, Religious Education is an extremely acclaimed feature of the Australian Catholic schools through which...
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...For my religious paper I am summarizing an experience I had attending Corner Stone Church in San Antonio on April 16th, 2017, this church is an Evangelical church. This was not the first time I had attended this church but since that experience was a very long time ago, I could not remember how the service was performed. I had been having doubts about my own religion and was told by a friend that this was a great service to attend. Following her advice, I attended a service on my own to avoid any negative feelings from family. Arriving and entering the building was just over whelming in size, both the space and the amount of attendees. The service I attended was very captivating, the pastor had a charisma that drew you into the service. Most...
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...calvinism competed with catholicism and reformed church of england in france and the netherlands, leaving states with nations of germany and switzerland for catholics, lutherans and calvinists Catholic or Counter-Reformation- a response to the protestant reformation. MAry I tried...
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...THE154-D01 and D04 Faith, Justice, and Catholic Tradition Final Term Paper We learn from the beginning of the Christian faith that we are made in the image and likeness of God. This first moment of creation was God breathing life into the earth and creating life. “Everything that is, the visible and invisible, the known and the unknown, owe their being to God.” (Marthler 67) Nothing exists on this earth without the act of God creating it. He is forever present in everything. At the moment of creation he intervened once. Now we experience his act unfolding. As Edwards says, “all of this is God’s work, brought about by God working in and through the laws of nature over immense lengths of time and with great patience.”(4) Now what does this have to do with abortion? Abortion is a serious political and religious issue. It is the removal of a fetus from a women’s uterus to end a pregnancy. It is the center of much debate primarily between the church and state. Currently the law states that abortion is legal; meaning that women have the right to choose whether or not they would like to continue with their current state of pregnancy or terminate it. The Church however has its own laws and guidelines set, and has a very strong opinion when it comes to the topic of abortion. Separate from the Church there are there are currently three positions that can be taken in the discussion of abortion; Pro-choice, Pro-life: another group of people who believe that there are special circumstances...
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