Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament.
From Jesus' teachings Christianity was born and as time progressed many branches and interpretations of these teachings have being formed. Anglicanism, orthodoxy, Pentecostalism and Protestantism being the main ones.
To start with Anglicanism, in its structures, theology, and forms of worship, is commonly understood as a distinct Christian tradition representing a middle ground between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. But what does this mean?
Well anglicanism was established after the English reformation in the 16th century. The reformation being a series of events by which the church of england broke away from the authority of the pope and the Roman catholic church, after king Henery the
VIII was refused to be allowed to divorce his wife because she could not produce an air to the throne and because he wished to declare his love for Ann Boleyn and marry her and her reproductive organs. From this King Henery the VIII created his own church. The authority of the bishop of Rome was abolished, and reformed conceptions of the nature of faith and grace were accepted.
Anglicanism lookes at the core teachings of jesus christ and simplistic forms of worship. Their churches are rather plain and simple in comparison to that of the cathlic church, nothing to glamouous but they look at the bible in a new light and
branching away from the Roman cathlic church. One of the main concepts that differ from other forms of christianity are that anglicans have is a disbelief in worshiping the saints. This being because the 10 commandments clearly state: ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
And in their own interpretations they believe that to worship a saint is to worship a false god.
In all Anglicanism is the spirit embodied in 'an open bible and fearless love of the truth.
Catholicism, the term 'catholic' means 'universal' and refers to the world wide unity in belief and the conduct that comes from affirming 'one lord, one faith, one baptism. The Catholic Church is most commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church, as it is presided over by the Pope/Bishop of Rome. The church looks to the Pope for he is ...
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And in their own interpretations they believe that to worship a saint is to worship a false god.
In all Anglicanism is the spirit embodied in 'an open bible and fearless love of the truth.
Catholicism, the term 'catholic' means 'universal' and refers to the world wide unity in belief and the conduct that comes from affirming 'one lord, one faith, one baptism. The Catholic Church is most commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church, as it is presided over by the Pope/Bishop of Rome. The church looks to the Pope for he is the highest human authority in all matters of faith, morality and Church governance.
In addition to acknowlaging the Pope as head of the church on earth, catholicism differs from other forms of christianity in various ways. For example it holds a
doctirne of the real presence of christ in the bread and wine after the consecration at mass. The bread being his body and wine being his blood. Many believe this to be rather paganistic drinking the flesh and blood of christ and chathlics believe it to be the literal and actual term.
The Catholic Church believes that it is the "one, holy, catholic and apostolic church" founded by Jesus, but acknowledges that the Holy Spirit can make use of Christian communities separated from it to bring people to salvation.
Orthodoxy. The word orthodoxy means "having the right opinion" and when we look at orthodoxy churches we two prominent ones, the Eastern orthodoxy church and the oriental orthodoxy church. The eastern orthodoxy church is considerer by its adherents to be the very same church established by Christ and his Apostles; they believe it is their duty to preserve the beliefs and practices of this church in order it
preserve the true ways of god. All orthodoxy bishops also claim they can trace their lineage back to one of the 12 apostles through the process of apostolic succession, which re affirms all Eastern Orthodoxy believers that their church it the one and only true church established by Jesus Christ. Other than this eastern orthodoxy Christians believe the holey trinity to be thee distinctive, divine persons who are completely
separate and without overlap or modality, the father, the son and the holey spirit.
In contrast with eastern orthodoxy religion oriental orthodoxy Christians are spit over this differences in Christology, they believe that Jesus Christ was god but not the father and that he had two natures one human and one divine. This split created the void between eastern orthodoxy churches and the oriental orthodoxy church.
Pentecostalism is a fundamental religious movement with Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of god through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Within Pentecostalism there are two major groups, Trinitarian Pentaecostals and Oneness Pentecostals. However many also consider themselves part of a broader Christian group. Many identify themselves at evanglelicals and
protestant. Evangelical meaning the belief that lives of all humans need t be changed by the way of a born again decision to repent for their sins and accept Jesus as lord and savior, and protestant meaning of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the roman catholic church. Trinitarian meaning ideas or things pertaining to the holey spirit, which holds God, subsist in the form of the holey trinity and Oneness meaning.
Protestantism, protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. The protestant reformation was a movement which began as an attept to reform the catholic church ,Many western Catholics were troubled by what they saw as false doctrines and malpractices within the Church, particularly involving the teaching and sale of indulgences. Therefore
protestantism was born. They belive that scripture is the only source of revealed trueth, and also that salvation can be achieved throught gods grace alone. The key elements of protestanism are outlined in the five solas, 1; christ alone, the concept that saints have no merit and christ is the only mediator between god and man. 2, scripture alone. Protestants believe that the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church obscure the teachings of the Bible by convoluting it with church history and doctrine, protestants believe that the bible is a guid of fullness and trueth which cannot be changed by man. 3 faith alone, Protestants believe that faith in Christ alone is enough for eternal salvation. 4 grace alone. Protestants perceived Roman Catholic salvation to be dependent upon the grace of God and the merits of one's own works. 5 glory to god alone All glory is due to God alone, since salvation is accomplished solely through his
will and action-not only the gift of the all-sufficient atonement of Jesus on the cross but also the gift of faith in that atonement, created in the heart of the believer by the Holy Spirit. Prodestanism is a deviation from true christianity, while perceiving themselves to be restorationists, which just means they have put themselves up to an important degree and think it is necessary to restore christianity because introduced branches of christianity have had grave defects into Christian faith and practice, or have lost a vital element of genuine Christianity, as believed.
Christian faith has many branches and interpretations of the origianl ways of jesus christ, Anglicanism, orthodoxy, Pentecostalism and Protestantism are examples of this. Each sects are based upon the same fundamental elements. Although each have their differrnces, they are essentially the same as they teach the same concepts. To love and worship that of Jesus christ.
