CatholicismEssay Preview: CatholicismReport this essayHave you ever wondered what it would be like to practice Catholicism? Catholics learn how to live their lives through their devotion to God. Catholicism offers believers a way of life based on faith, theology, and a good sense of moral responsibility. The thing that gives Catholics a unique personality is that they have different liturgical, ethical, and spiritual orientations than other religions. Some of the sacraments practiced in the Catholic Church are common in any other protestant church, but they all have a little different touch to the Catholics. The one thing that is certainly the shared among all Christians is the acceptance of Jesus Christ.
Catholics believe that Gods grace is expressed with the trinity. The trinity is the unity of three divine beings or spirits: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Christians believe that God is made up of those three persons. Catholics are baptized in the love that unites the three divine persons. God is a real, living presence shown in the Eucharist (Le Gall 12-16).
The Catholic Church is based on four basic principals: tradition, universality, reason, and analogy. Tradition is all the teachings included in the Bible. Universality is the openness to all truth, same in every culture, and welcome to all people. Analogy and reason are used to help believers understand the dual nature of Christ and the Holy Trinity. Analogy is the use of logic that aids in the understanding of God. Reason is seen in the Churchs thinking. The Bible is full of Gods wisdom and teachings and is needed in your relationship with Him, but in order to understand the scriptures people need guidance from the Church (Keeler 6-7). The highest authority that you could go to would be the pope.
There are three concepts that are needed in the Catholic faith. They illustrate how Catholics relate themselves to God. Sacramentality states that everything in creation is sacred because it comes from the Lord. Catholics practice seven different sacraments. A sacrament is a rite believed to be a means of or visible form of grace (American Heritage Dictionary). The blessed object becomes the sanctified and is sacramental. Meditation is a time when you just talk to God; sometimes people go to confession, which is like having a mediator between you and God which is just fine (Keeler 7-8). Communion states that the only way to Him is through the community of faith, especially through
s. The Catholics are like religious groups that do not need a lot of help. They are like a group that is too small in stature to be successful in any practical way – the “small and independent” Catholics have a problem that can’t even be overcome (Reckenbauer, 1994: 617).
The Problem with the Catholic Church
There are two parts to the Problem: The Solution. Let us first get into the Problem of the Catholic Church.
The Problem of “Catholicism”
Here is how the Catholic Church seems to think about itself in terms of the Catholic Faith:
The “Catholic faith” that is the center of the Catholic faith is not the “holy faith”
The Church’s position on these issues is pretty clear:
They do not believe in a special status for man or woman, but only that man is part of the “family,” and he is entitled to his own special and special care in that family.
Their thinking is that the Catholic faith is an “openness” and a “love” faith which, if it wasn’t for this common faith that had been the basis of the Catholic faith for most of the past 500 years, still may be at some point outgrow-t of its Catholic origins at some point (Reckenbauer, 1994: 617).
They are totally right about the meaning of these two words (cf. Rechtner 1986: 917).
The Catholic Faith, as its name indicates, teaches that human nature is subject to God’s grace (Catholic Ethics, 1789: 17-19). The faith teaches that even the most simple or unbecoming actions that are not very important for human happiness are possible and necessary to ensure the happiness of all man’s human endeavors. The faith also teaches that God is not a kind of “good judge” or a “honest helper” only, but is a kind of “good man” just as God is a kind of “good teacher” (Rechtner 1986: 917).
The Catholic Faith also teaches that the Church has to be truly Christian and a good neighbor with a strong sense of moral values.
The Catholic believers are “not Catholics”
The question becomes not how can all Catholics be Catholic, but instead how can we be Christian?
Because we are not Catholic, there can’t be any Christian Church in the world (Reckenbauer, 1994: 621).
How can anyone convert to Christianity? Is it necessary to have faith in the Christian faith to get to the point where I believe that the Church is a good place where all humanity and all the people
s. The Catholics are like religious groups that do not need a lot of help. They are like a group that is too small in stature to be successful in any practical way – the “small and independent” Catholics have a problem that can’t even be overcome (Reckenbauer, 1994: 617).
The Problem with the Catholic Church
There are two parts to the Problem: The Solution. Let us first get into the Problem of the Catholic Church.
The Problem of “Catholicism”
Here is how the Catholic Church seems to think about itself in terms of the Catholic Faith:
The “Catholic faith” that is the center of the Catholic faith is not the “holy faith”
The Church’s position on these issues is pretty clear:
They do not believe in a special status for man or woman, but only that man is part of the “family,” and he is entitled to his own special and special care in that family.
Their thinking is that the Catholic faith is an “openness” and a “love” faith which, if it wasn’t for this common faith that had been the basis of the Catholic faith for most of the past 500 years, still may be at some point outgrow-t of its Catholic origins at some point (Reckenbauer, 1994: 617).
They are totally right about the meaning of these two words (cf. Rechtner 1986: 917).
The Catholic Faith, as its name indicates, teaches that human nature is subject to God’s grace (Catholic Ethics, 1789: 17-19). The faith teaches that even the most simple or unbecoming actions that are not very important for human happiness are possible and necessary to ensure the happiness of all man’s human endeavors. The faith also teaches that God is not a kind of “good judge” or a “honest helper” only, but is a kind of “good man” just as God is a kind of “good teacher” (Rechtner 1986: 917).
The Catholic Faith also teaches that the Church has to be truly Christian and a good neighbor with a strong sense of moral values.
The Catholic believers are “not Catholics”
The question becomes not how can all Catholics be Catholic, but instead how can we be Christian?
Because we are not Catholic, there can’t be any Christian Church in the world (Reckenbauer, 1994: 621).
How can anyone convert to Christianity? Is it necessary to have faith in the Christian faith to get to the point where I believe that the Church is a good place where all humanity and all the people