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Rome's Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church and Independent Poland, 1914-1939 (Polish and Polish American Studies)
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Could someone explain the differences to me please?
And what to does the Catholic church think about the Independent Congregational church.
I want to know about the differences between the two, in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, please.
"What separates us as believers in Christ is much less than what unites us." (Pope John XXIII)
Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and other Christians.
Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):
By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontif ical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_c hrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-dec laration_en.html
There are many minor doctrine issues and some major cultural traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.
A Catholic worships and follows Christ in the tradition of Catholicism which, among other things, recognizes that Christ made Peter the leader of His new Church and Pope Benedict XVI is Peter's direct successor.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/inde x.shtml
With love in Christ.
A quiz for you:
Where is the biggest christian(not catholic) independent church found in the world?
1. America
2. South Korea
3. China
4. Brazil
do give some details!
"Yoido Full Gospel Church is a Christian church on Yeouido Island in Seoul, South Korea. With about 830,000 members (2007), it is the largest Christian congregation in the world."
If you read the Declaration of Faith between the Iglesia Filipina Independencia and the Roman Catholic Chrurch... both believe in the trinity doctrine, faith through good works, the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds , Sacraments Baptism and Holy Communion commonly called the Mass, original sin and The Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ.
But they differ in the following:
1. The Phjilippine Independent Church absolutely rejected the spiritual authority of the Pope . According to their Statement of Faith, "From apostolic times there have been three Orders of Ministries in the Church of God; Bishops, Priests, Deacons. These Orders are to be reverently esteemed and continued in this Church."
2. They abolished the celibacy requirement from its clergy, allowing marriage among its priests.
3. They reformed the traditional Roman Catholic Latin Tridentine liturgy drastically after the model of the Anglican vernacular reform.
The absurd claims that Catholics have always existed, Popes started with Peter, they wrote the Bible, and that Veneration no longer means worship are just a few of the hilarious make-up-history-as-we-go style of Catholic Church History.
Their own documents contradict their outrageous claims. Yet people believe them.
The problem is that there are not many independent historical documents and facts available, given that the Catholic Church spent centuries torturing and killing those who would not submit to its authority and destroying all those dissenters' literature. Well, most of it. The Catholic Church branded huge numbers of sincere Christians as heretics if they did no more than disagree about infant baptism or read manuscripts of the Bible for themselves. And we all know what the Catholic Church did to 'heretics' centuries ago.
An excellent book giving an alternative history is 'The Pilgrim Church' by E H Broadbent (a Pickering Classic). Read this and understand what Jesus meant when he said, 'The gates of hell will not overcome [my Church]' - his Church incorporating millions of non-Catholics!
It is very important to my family that my daughter be raised in the Catholic faith, however, I have a few issues right now.
The first is that my fiance and I aren't married yet. Financial issues have prevented us from completing this task, otherwise, we would've been married more than a year ago. Therefore, my daughter was born out of wedlock, which is a big no-no in the Catholic church.
The second issue is that I am not Catholic, but Protestant (raised in the UCC church). I'm more than willing to convert if needs be, but that's going to take time, and my daughter is already six weeks old.
I have found a non-traditional Catholic church (an independent church which has services in a local unitarian church) which is willing to do the services, however, my mother-in-law seems against the idea. Would a traditional Catholic church be willing to perform this sacrement for us?
First, it doesn't matter whether or not you and your husband are married, but at least one of you must be a practicing Catholic. This is because at Baptism you're promising to raise her in the Catholic faith. Of course, if you're unmarried but living together, the priest might question just how "practicing" you can be, but other couples have experienced this impediment and gotten through it. So if your fiancé is Catholic, none of this should pose an insurmountable problem.
Second, if you're worried about waiting a year before baptizing her, there is still the possibility of baptizing her in another Christian religion. So long as she is baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Catholic Church will accept her baptism as valid.
Finally, it is possible that if you're taking active steps towards conversion (i.e., you're in an RCIA program and have stated your intentions to a priest), it is possible that the pastor of the more traditional church will still be willing to perform the sacrament. After all, one converting parent and two Catholic godparents may be enough assurance for him that he feels comfortable with it. Anyway, you should ask.
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On August 20, a man named Gjon (John) Mehaj declared to Albanian-language media, from Norway, that his home in the Kosovo village of Prigode-Istog had been burned to the ground. Mehaj supported the Kosovo Liberation Army during the 1998-99 war in the Balkan republic [no kidding!] , and the house had been razed at that time by Serbian forces. [ So he says .] But Mehaj, who formerly bore the Muslim first name Enver, said the new attack was not unexpected. He had received “numerous, anonymous threats” from radical Muslim groups before and after he was baptized in a Catholic church on August 3. He was joined in his act of faith by 20 other family members.
Mehaj had earlier been denounced in an email from something called the “Islamic Defense Organization of Kosovo.” With cynical politeness that swiftly turned to a blunt idiom of intimidation, that entity declared that “as faithful Muslims we have managed to agree on some projects in order to defend our religion. This is aimed at stopping…the conversion of families like that of Mehaj and others. Our project will be implemented very soon by activating our forces in the whole of Kosovo. Our jihad will be ready if anyone attacks Islam. If the Catholic Church thinks it can convert the Albanian Muslims to Christianity, then a religious war is to be expected between Catholics and Muslims, a war that would make [the Serbian massacre [sic] of Bosnian Muslims at] Srebrenica worth forgetting.” Kosovo is 85-90 percent Muslim, with the remainder Catholic, although matters of religion, aside from holidays, are seldom publicized by its people.
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