By: Misty

Misty — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:09:18 +0000

1. What are the important holidays and traditions of this religion? Easter, Christmas, Lent, special holidays
2. How has religion shaped your life? It has helped me to know God more fully
3. What are the challenges, if any, the practice of this religion in particular? Being obedient to God, that explains the Catholic position on issues that the world considers to be ridiculous.
4. What is to be or do Catholics worship? God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit as a whole to God.
5. Where Catholic practice? And how? In practice their Catholic faith every day, every life by the precepts of the Church and the commandments of God.
6. Attends religious services a major part of the Catholic religion, Catholic or practice in any place of their choice? Catholics have to attend a Catholic mass every Sunday, but may attend more frequently if desired.
7. What is prayer that most Catholics use? The Lord's Prayer
8. How do Catholics feel about the beginning of the universe? He was a man of his existence before God? We believe that God created everything and that God was, is and always will be. No, man did not exist before God.
9. I have heard that Catholics believe their church is the only true Church of Jesus Christ who is truth? Whey or why not? Yes, that is true. It is the Church instituted by Christ, built on Peter. Peter was given the keys and authority to bind and loose.
10. Who is the Pope, and what is their role? The Pope is the successor of Peter. He is the leader of the Catholic Church and has the same authority and responsibility as San Pedro. Its role is to help the faithful to heaven.
11. The name of this place of worship is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, which is a sacrament? A sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.
12. Catholics do believe there are valid other religions? Or do you believe that Catholicism is the only true religion? We believe that Christians are saved, but not the fullness of truth that can only be found in the Catholic Church.
13. What day (s) to enforce their religious services for Catholics? Journal, but are only required to attend on Sunday.
14. What happens in a normal Catholic? Who leads? Who participates? And how. The priest makes the majority, but there are deacons, lecturs and extraordinary ministers who are also involved. We hear readings from the Bible, sing praises to God, pray for the world and current issues, the sick and the dead, we say the creed and the Lord's Prayer, we participate in the sacrifice of the Mass to prepare to receive Christ then receive the Eucharist.
15. Is salvation by faith alone, or by religious faith, more work? Salvation is by grace through faith alone, sustained by the works. The Church teaches that salvation is a process of becoming holy and sacred through time. All this is a work of grace by God in our hearts by faith. Jobs in faith are the natural culmination of believing in Christ. As confidence and do God's work, which gives us the grace we can become holy and be willing to meet him at the end of our life.
16. What is sola scriptura? Scripture alone - that the Bible is the sole authority and all you need to know can be found there. It is an unbiblical doctrine from the Bible never claims to be the sole authority.
17. Catholicism is a false religion? Catholics are truly saved? No, it's not fake, some Catholics are saved and some not. Only God knows who is saved and who is not. Being Catholic is not a guarantee or f salvation.
18. What is the Immaculate Conception? Maria de la conception. We believe that was saved by God at conception, to be able to divine from God in her womb.
19. What is transubstantiation? The miracle in which Christ is fully present in the Eucharist under the appearances of bread and wine.
20. Is praying the rosary scriptures? Not the Bible say to do? No. But everything we do while praying the Rosary is scriptural. The Hail Mary prayer is the most writing, the rest is the request for intercession. While praying the Rosary, meditate on the life of Christ and the glory of God.
21. If the Catholic tradition have equal or greater authority than the Bible? They are not strangers to one another, are part of everything that is the Church. God gave his word and his teachings orally.
22. What does the Bible say about the confession of sin to a priest? He says that the sins that remain held, to forgive the sins will be forgiven. "It is a surrender to the conclusion that sin must be" heard "to be retained or forgiven.
23. What does the Bible say about infant baptism? Does not specifically mention, nor prohibit it. St. Paul tells us that baptism replaces circumcision. The infants were circumcised, and that if replaced by baptism, then the children would be baptized as well.
24. What was the first / original church? Is the original or the first church the true church? The Catholic Church is the first and original of the Church. It was not called "Catholic" at first, but certainly was the belief and practice. Just read the writings of early Christians to know what is Catholic.
25. What does the Bible say about purgatory? Not specifically mention Purgatory, but there are many verses that support a purgation before entering heaven. Nothing impure can enter heaven.
26. What is moral theology? The study of God from a perspective of how men should live.
27. What is extreme unction? Nnointing Last rites for the sick or
28. Saint Peter was the first pope? Yes
29. It is the perpetual virginity of Mary Biblical? Her perpetual virginity Yes it is implicit in all the Scriptures, together with the knowledge that the early Christians believed this.
30. What was the Great Schism? The division between the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church.
31. Does the Bible teach mortal and venial sin? Yes
32. Does the Bible support the Catholic practice of a marriage annulment? Yes
33. What does the Bible say about holy water? Yes, Numbers 5:17 is specifically mentioned. In addition water is a sign and symbol used throughout the Bible.
34. Sign of the cross - what is the meaning? Christians must make the sign of the cross? Crossing oneself reminds the label received confirmation, and the invocation that is said while making this holy sign calls to our God - the Father, His Son, and Holy Spirit - and a sign of our belief, is a " ; mini-creed ", which affirms our belief in the Triune God, and a prayer that invokes the man.
35. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ? Yes
36. What does the Bible say about Limbo? Nothing. Limbo is not an official Church teaching.
37. What does the Bible say about being a God-parent? The Bible does not mention or godparents sponosors
38. Does the Bible teach the celibacy of priests? Yes, Matthew 19:12 and by the example of Christ, which remained celibate.
39. What is sacerdotalism? This means that a sacred offering. Is the idea that a propitiatory sacrifice for sin must be offered by one who is an ordained priest. This system is taught in the Old Testament

By: denise t

denise t — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:09:18 +0000

Please buy the Catechism of the Catholic Church this to all your questions.

By: gismoII

gismoII — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:09:18 +0000

Please refer to the Catholic catechism in the most accurate answers to your questions, you can easily find on the Internet here. # 9 can be answered by an article in the Catholic News Service entitled "Vatican congregation reaffirms truth, oneness of Catholic Church" by John Thavis dated July 10, 2007. You can easily find this online too. Another article by Cindy Wooden dated July 11, 2007 could also be informative.

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