Correct me if i'm wrong bout any of this
If one is Christian, that denotes that he/she believes that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and that He was the saviour.
I believe the church was mostly unified until Martin Luther ( Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the civil rights activist) came along because he had serious problems with the way the church operated then, and there was a lot of corruption in the church, so he founded a church of people who were in protest of then current Dogma, and this was the Protestant church. There are 3main divisions of Christianity, The Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Churches. There are more sects and rites in both churches, although the different sects in the Protestant churches have larger differences than the different sects. The Catholic and Orthodox churches are mainly unified.
The main difference between the three is that the Catholic Church looks to Rome and the Pope specifically, as the head of the church.
Other differences:
Catholics believe in saints.
Catholics usually celebrate mass, not services.
There is a seminarial system in the Catholic Church.
There are more, but the basic beliefs are the same.
TaiGRR - Catholic church believes in the Holy Trinity (God, Jesus, Holy Spirit) i don't know if anyone believes that Mary is God, but people do pray to her.
If you want to more, you can ask or look online, i'm sure there's a whole ton of info.
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Last edited by tm11 on 04-17-2002 at 01:10 PM
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