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5 comments for “Sunnis, Shiites, Catholics, Protestants?”

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   The Cerebral Assassin says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   Sunni Muslims are by far the largest denomination of Islam. They are also referred to as Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h (in Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (example (of Muhammad) and the community) which implies that they are the majority, or Ahl ul-Sunna (Arabic: أهل السنة "The people of the example (of Muhammad)") for short. The word Sunni comes from the word sunna (Arabic: سنة), which means the words and actions [1] or example of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Represent the branch of Islam that accepted the caliphate of Abu Bakr because he be elected by majority, therefore, elections, or Shurah, the caliphate is the first distinguishing factor in Sunni Islam. Most Sunni lawyers define themselves as Muslims who have their roots in one of the four orthodox schools of Sunni law (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii and Hanbali).
     Shi'a Islam, also Shi'ite Islam or Shi'ism (Arabic شيعة if ʿ a), is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (which are called the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendents known as Shi'a Imams. Muhammad's blood continues only through his beloved daughter Fatima Zahra and cousin Ali which alongside the prophet's grandsons are the Ahl al-Bayt. Therefore, Shi'a considered descendants of Muhammad as the true source of guidance in the light of the first three ruling Sunni caliphs a historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. The singular / adjective form is if I ʿ (شيعي.) And refers to a follower of the faction of Imam Ali according to the Shia ideology.
     Shia Islam, like Sunni Islam, has at times been divided into many branches, however, only three of them currently have a large number of followers. The best known and has more followers is Twelvers (اثنا عشرية iṯnā ʿ ašariyya) that have a high percentage of 90% in Iran and Iraq, the others are Ismaili, Seven, and Zaidiyyah. Alawites and Druze consider themselves Shias, although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shias [1]. The Sufi orders among the Shias are the Alevi, Bektashi, Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani and Fatimid orders and denominations. Twenty percent of the population of Turkey is the Alevi while Lebanon and Syria have a large presence of Druze and Alawites.
     As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - καθολικός the Greek adjective, meaning general or universal [1] - is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows:
     ~ Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or under (a) this, (b) before the separation of the church in Greek and Latin or Eastern or Western, (c) Latin Church after that separation, (d) the part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation, (e) any church (the Anglican) claiming continuity with (b). "[1]
     Leaving aside the historical meanings indicated under (b) and (c) above, the Oxford English Dictionary thus today is associated with Catholicism:
     (a) "all Christians". The real extension of Catholicism in this sense varies with the different understandings of what it means to be Christian.
     (d) "Part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation", ie the Catholic Church or Roman Catholic. This definition of Catholicism should be expanded to cover the Eastern Churches which are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the Church in question sees as nothing less than the Roman Catholic Church.
     (e) "the whole church (the Anglican) claiming continuity with the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western." The churches that make this claim of not only the continuity of the Anglican Communion, but, among others, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, the Assyrian Church of the East. The claim of continuity may be based on apostolic succession, especially in relation to adherence to the Nicene Creed. Some interpret Catholicism as adherence to traditional beliefs that the Protestant Reformers denied (see, for example, the Oxford Movement).
     Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. The term derives from the Protestatio delivered by a minority of delegates against the (1529) Diet of Speyer, who opposed the legislation adopted by the Lutherans. Since then, the term has been used in many ways, but not as the official title of any church until it was assumed (1783) by the Protestant Episcopal Church (since 1967 only the Episcopal Church) in the United States, the American branch of the Anglican Communion. Protestantism as a general term now used in contradistinction to the other major Christian religions, Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy [1].
     The doctrines of the Reformation can be summarized as a) the rejection of papal authority, b) the rejection of some fundamental Roman Catholic doctrines, c) the priesthood of all believers, d) the primacy of the Bible as the only source of truth disclosed, and e) the belief in justification by faith alone.http: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Sunnihttp: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Shiahttp: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Catholicismhttp: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Protestanti …
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   khorrl says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   Im not sure what divides Muslims about, but I think it was because a group wanted the rule of Mohammed realitvies they want others to priests or what ever they established the rule. Protestants, because of the division in the Catholic curroption as indulgence in which a person can pay to remove all their sins. Luther also believed that you could worship God by reading the Bible for its own account and not have to tell someone what to believe
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   R K says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   I agree with Khorrl earlier, I'm not really sure why Muslims are separated, but the reform of the church and Martin Luther specifically helped to form the Protestant Church.
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   nikola33 says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   If you were able to ask the founder of any religion, if they subsequently developed and the dilemmas of religious branch was somewhat hesitant as it was originally founded. This person could be confused shutter in disbelief at what has become a religion.
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   holy_see says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   If you want a full, just read through what each one believes in the faith: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiashttp:// en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Roman_catho … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant

5 comments for “Sunnis, Shiites, Catholics, Protestants?”

1. 

   The Cerebral Assassin says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   Sunni Muslims are by far the largest denomination of Islam. They are also referred to as Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h (in Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (example (of Muhammad) and the community) which implies that they are the majority, or Ahl ul-Sunna (Arabic: أهل السنة "The people of the example (of Muhammad)") for short. The word Sunni comes from the word sunna (Arabic: سنة), which means the words and actions [1] or example of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Represent the branch of Islam that accepted the caliphate of Abu Bakr because he be elected by majority, therefore, elections, or Shurah, the caliphate is the first distinguishing factor in Sunni Islam. Most Sunni lawyers define themselves as Muslims who have their roots in one of the four orthodox schools of Sunni law (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii and Hanbali).
     Shi'a Islam, also Shi'ite Islam or Shi'ism (Arabic شيعة if ʿ a), is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (which are called the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendents known as Shi'a Imams. Muhammad's blood continues only through his beloved daughter Fatima Zahra and cousin Ali which alongside the prophet's grandsons are the Ahl al-Bayt. Therefore, Shi'a considered descendants of Muhammad as the true source of guidance in the light of the first three ruling Sunni caliphs a historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. The singular / adjective form is if I ʿ (شيعي.) And refers to a follower of the faction of Imam Ali according to the Shia ideology.
     Shia Islam, like Sunni Islam, has at times been divided into many branches, however, only three of them currently have a large number of followers. The best known and has more followers is Twelvers (اثنا عشرية iṯnā ʿ ašariyya) that have a high percentage of 90% in Iran and Iraq, the others are Ismaili, Seven, and Zaidiyyah. Alawites and Druze consider themselves Shias, although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shias [1]. The Sufi orders among the Shias are the Alevi, Bektashi, Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani and Fatimid orders and denominations. Twenty percent of the population of Turkey is the Alevi while Lebanon and Syria have a large presence of Druze and Alawites.
     As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - καθολικός the Greek adjective, meaning general or universal [1] - is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows:
     ~ Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or under (a) this, (b) before the separation of the church in Greek and Latin or Eastern or Western, (c) Latin Church after that separation, (d) the part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation, (e) any church (the Anglican) claiming continuity with (b). "[1]
     Leaving aside the historical meanings indicated under (b) and (c) above, the Oxford English Dictionary thus today is associated with Catholicism:
     (a) "all Christians". The real extension of Catholicism in this sense varies with the different understandings of what it means to be Christian.
     (d) "Part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation", ie the Catholic Church or Roman Catholic. This definition of Catholicism should be expanded to cover the Eastern Churches which are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the Church in question sees as nothing less than the Roman Catholic Church.
     (e) "the whole church (the Anglican) claiming continuity with the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western." The churches that make this claim of not only the continuity of the Anglican Communion, but, among others, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, the Assyrian Church of the East. The claim of continuity may be based on apostolic succession, especially in relation to adherence to the Nicene Creed. Some interpret Catholicism as adherence to traditional beliefs that the Protestant Reformers denied (see, for example, the Oxford Movement).
     Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. The term derives from the Protestatio delivered by a minority of delegates against the (1529) Diet of Speyer, who opposed the legislation adopted by the Lutherans. Since then, the term has been used in many ways, but not as the official title of any church until it was assumed (1783) by the Protestant Episcopal Church (since 1967 only the Episcopal Church) in the United States, the American branch of the Anglican Communion. Protestantism as a general term now used in contradistinction to the other major Christian religions, Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy [1].
     The doctrines of the Reformation can be summarized as a) the rejection of papal authority, b) the rejection of some fundamental Roman Catholic doctrines, c) the priesthood of all believers, d) the primacy of the Bible as the only source of truth disclosed, and e) the belief in justification by faith alone.http: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Sunnihttp: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Shiahttp: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Catholicismhttp: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Protestanti …
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   khorrl says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   Im not sure what divides Muslims about, but I think it was because a group wanted the rule of Mohammed realitvies they want others to priests or what ever they established the rule. Protestants, because of the division in the Catholic curroption as indulgence in which a person can pay to remove all their sins. Luther also believed that you could worship God by reading the Bible for its own account and not have to tell someone what to believe
3. 

   R K says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   I agree with Khorrl earlier, I'm not really sure why Muslims are separated, but the reform of the church and Martin Luther specifically helped to form the Protestant Church.
4. 

   nikola33 says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   If you were able to ask the founder of any religion, if they subsequently developed and the dilemmas of religious branch was somewhat hesitant as it was originally founded. This person could be confused shutter in disbelief at what has become a religion.
5. 

   holy_see says:

   August 6, 2009 at 8:50am

   If you want a full, just read through what each one believes in the faith: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiashttp:// en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Roman_catho … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant