World Religions Report on Catholicism Hum/130

introduction theologys Report on universality busyness/130 By S wholey Navarro This composing is to inform the reader almost the organized trust called Catholicism. This religion had spanned the trials and tribulations of time, and been d unmatchable away history as the only if religion held sacred to the chase of this religious belief. The following allow for be told almost the religion that I re discover nominate from a look atr/follower of this organized religion. I will tell you ab aside the discourseer, the interview site, what the interview contains. Also, I will be writing about how this religion comp ars and contrasts to the religion of my faith, which is delivererianity.Catholic Mass The dope I went to was very interesting. In this beca enjoyment, upon entering the Sanctuary, at that place is the Holy Water hygienic, that the faithful dip, their fingers into, and contr symbolize a cross motion on their forehead. The Holy Water is for the faithful in remem brance of their baptism, and rejects Satan. The faithful closure to several(prenominal) Hail bloody shame prayers before the buy the farm of the serve they prep their hearts and minds for view. passim the supporter, in that location was constant standing(a), sitting, and kneeling plot the priest prep atomic number 18d the communion, or the Eucharist, ordinarily called communion of the last supper.During this religious rite, thither were members of the conclave that attenti nonpareild with the soundbox of Christ, and the Blood of Christ, in dispensing them to another(prenominal) members of this parish. At the beginning of the mass, the altar sons and girls accompany the Priest into the sanctuary, where the altar boy is carrying a crucifix, the Priest is behind him, and in that respect is the individual carrying the bible, holding it in the air. For each ritual the Catholics induct, on that point seems to be a prayer for that ritual. In the constant standing and s itting and kneeling, Father Weibel called this Catholic Calisthenics, (Father Weibel, St.W conclusi binglelin Catholic Parish 2009). The Priest opens his sermon with a joke, followed by a brief sermon about savior and his love for us. The entire mass lasted about 45 minutes, less than the representative Christian service, which is about an hour. At the end of the service, there was a ritual where there is bell ringing and they put their hold over their hearts, I do non know what this is for, precisely I did block up to ask. The service ended with the Priest saying, This mass is now over, go and be with deity Name The interviewee is Brenda Campbell. She is in her late 30s has two school suppurate daughters.She is to a fault married, and fly the coops at the College Co-operative. This is where college students from nigh the area can come to study, bundle tests, and look up reference knowledge eon in a quiet, study-oriented direction with 8-10 computers. I asked her to gi ve this interview if she has the time, and she banteringly said, Anything for you Sally So, I could non spring up an interview at the Catholic Parish itself, so I had to settle with interviewing her at her job, since I am a student registered there at the Library to use those services. consultation compendious In this interview summary is the responses to the10 misgivings I had prepared for Mrs.Campbell. Several of these questions get hold of long answers, I will proffer the answers in curtly summaries where possible, and universe paying attention not to leave out the finalize or context of the response. If this happens, then the pro put together meaning of the answer has been lost. In the theory question, I asked Brenda a simple, yet a beneficial question to this paper. I asked her what are the foundations of Catholicism, and where did its beliefs originate? Her reply is rather short and to the point of no explanation, she says the Catholic perform service is a c ontinuation of the Christian society which was founded by Saint Peter.The beliefs of Catholics are establish on the Bible and traditions long hand down from the times of the apostles. I found this interesting, because I did not know that Catholicism was a branch of the Christian faith, nor did I know that Saint Peter founded the Catholic Church. Brenda gave a laugh when she told me that I was right, when I said I was ignorant to the Religion of Catholicism. In the second question I gave to Brenda which reads as Why is the Virgin bloody shame, generate of Jesus held as sacred to believers of this faith? Brendas response shows how logically and consecutive to believers when she says The main conclude for this is that she is the mother of Jesus. Secondly, there was a moment that the Angel Gabriel came to bloody shame at a very preadolescent age and at that moment she entirely gave herself to beau ideal. With her acceptance of paragons will for us and her willingness to give h erself fully and categorically to perfection is an example to every adept. This shows me that giving anes self to God is simplified, tho then it is hard to stay in that mission.But, Christian groups believe that Mary was simply a vehicle for Jesus, who is the on-key messiah to the faithful. The third question is one that has been debated for days between two groups of Christian denominations. The overlords Witness do not believe in the Holy Trinity, as for the Catholics and the Christians do believe in this doctrine. When I asked Brenda this question she says that the Trinity is made up of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The followers of Catholicism believe they are deuce-ace soulfulnesss under one God head, representing the presence and the power of God. I generate also heard it referred to as team God, This means all three the same, but in different beings. Christians abide believed this all a long time, but how can they be the same, and different at the sa me time? Did Jesus house himself from his grave? here(predicate) is a question I have longed to know. The question involves the use of altar boys/girls and their theatrical role in the service of Catholics. The question I posed to Brenda is What is the tendency of Altar boys and girls during the ritual of service? Brenda replies in a simplistic answer, Their roles are to assist the clergy when the service is being held.They have a supporting role in tasks at the altar such as victorious and carrying communion cups, holding the Bible for the clergy interlingual rendition from it, and ringing of the altar bells. This ritual in the Catholic Church seems to be a lot to watch when one has never been to a Catholic service before. So many players (roles) are involved for the service ritual to sorb place. In about Christian services, there are the uses of liturgists, normally people who rotate this duty to inwardness the congregation in faith by reading together authorized pass ages from the bible. The CCD degreees, or commonly referred to as followers of this faith as beingConfraternity of Christian Doctrine. Brenda points out that the reason form this is the youth charter to learn, and picture the basic teachings of the Catholic Church. The reason for this, she says is the school age children get to understand and learn the roots of their faith. Just as one new to the world of Christianity would need to go to bible study to understand the word of God, and the teachings of Jesus, to fully understand what Christianity is and means. Also, transfuse these root beliefs will aid them in the future by giving them incorrupt beliefs.In the Presbyterian Church, there is a class called new members class, which is the same as the Catholics, as in to the roots of the belief. When one enters the Catholic faith, and gets some understanding about this faith, they have a duty to go to confession. When I asked Brenda about confession, and what the purpose of confes sion is she sums it up in another simple answer. excuse, what is the purpose of confession, and what does it help the confessor deal with? She said, The purpose of Confession or reconciliation is to provide ameliorate to the soul of the confessor.This means to regain the grace of God that is lost by sin. subsequently confession, the Priest gives the confessor the compassion of sins. But, in Christianity, the only one who can forgive sins is God, through with(predicate) Jesus, who died for our sins according to the Bible. Priesthood, this is a very regnant topic in the sense of being a communicator to the almighty, and having power to tell the confessor that God forgives you for your sins. Does the priest or Father have that kind of authority to say this? I will let you make the end on this question.The topic of how one makes a Father or Priest came up in the discussion with Brenda, and she tells me how one a Father or Priest give outs. In becoming a Father, or Priest, the get-go step is internal discernment, which means one must discover their call and act on it. After understanding and determine their calling, they must witness seminary for four long time. This is no different than what ministers and other sermonizers would do to answer their call to Gods work. She also says that they can do this as well as go to college, but all must complete four years of college and four years of seminary.Upon completion of seminary, the one who completed seminary would go to a Catholic church to serve as a deacon for a six calendar month appointment. There is something that is equally needed in both Christianity, and Catholicism. That there is the answer to God calling one, and the need to go to Seminary, or Bible College to obtain the knowledge of Gods word to spread the sum of Gods will for humanity. Here is a ritual that I have no understanding about. I asked Brenda what the call forth of this ritual was but she must not have heard me.The question I sai d to Brenda was, the blessing action that the Priest gives, what is the name of this ritual, and what does it symbolize? She answers, The Priest is victimization incense to create smoke that comes out of the chalice. This represents purification and sanctification. The smoke is to represent the prayers that are being lifted up to heaven with the smoke. I understand this to be a purification ritual of some sorts, by the actions of the priest. He goes around in a underhanded motion to gently move the chalice back and fourth among the congregation, while blessing them and lifting their prayers up to heaven.I musical theme that God hears all our prayers? The Christians, like the clerics Witness believes that all prayers go to heaven without the use of incense, and prayed through Jesus. This brings us to the ritual of communion. What this means and what this does is in the followers of this belief. The disciples last repast with Jesus is remembered by the Last supper. In describing th is, Brenda says that this is the way we remember what Christ has do for us. This is our way of participating in the body of Christ, that we become one with him and as members of his church.As Jesus said to his disciples, that they are to take of his body, to cleanse the soul, prepare the way for Christ to enter the their heart, by asking for forgiveness before they partake in the ritual of communion, also known as the sacrament to some other Christian beliefs. In closing of the interview with Brenda Campbell, there was one last question I had for her, which may be the large(p)gest one I wanted to know the answer to. I asked Brenda Is it easy to convert to the Catholic religion? How and what would soulfulness have to do to be born-again to the Catholic religion?In a very lengthy response Brenda says, Converting to the Catholic faith is a very big deal. In becoming a Catholic means that the converter consents to all the church teachings. She also says with conversion, there is work and faith for her members, which translates to me that there is to be service work and spreading the word of the lord to others as well. She also continues to say, One is expected to advantage themselves to the sacraments regularly, as well as to attend a four to seven month class called RCIA, or Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. This, she says, is for the development of a full-blooded grounding in the Catholic faith. in advance one gets initiated into the Catholic Church, this involves Reconciliation, Baptisms, and confirmation into the Catholic faith. This is a lot to go through to convert to the Catholic belief. This is more than other Christian denominations do for them to be members of certain churches. I know this to be true in a Christian church back where I used to live. Where the sermonizer asked someone to come down or has a decision to make today, that he invites them down and pray with him and tell him what you need.This person went down during the invita tion poesy, prayed with the preacher and after the song was over, he gave a brief commentary of what this person did to end up at that church and after that, the preacher false to the person who joined the church and asked him a few questions. One of the questions the preacher asked the person joining the church was at the end. The preacher asks the person do you accept Jesus Christ as you personal shaper and savior, the person answered, yes. After that, this person was a member of the First Christian church.That is a big difference form exactly confessing faith in the lord to become a member of the Christian Church, and how a lot more time is needed to become a member of the Catholic Church. terminus The difference between Christian and Catholic is Mary. The Catholics believe Mary is sacred, and the Christians believe that Mary is the mother of Jesus, which is true, but Jesus is the messiah not Mary. References Father Weibel 2009 St. Wendelin Catholic Parish Brenda Campbell , 2009, St. Marys Catholic Parish, www. inplainsight. org 2009