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What are some specific differences of belief between the Catholic Church and Pentecostal Church?
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Name : Patricia. W, Gender : F, Age : 26, City : Cornwall, State : NA, Country : Canada,The differences between Roman Catholic and Pentecostal churches: The meaning of salvation is different. For the RC, salvation is something that I accomplish given the unmerited favour I have from God. For the Pentecostal, salvation is a done deal, a work accomplished by Jesus Christ on the cross. For the Roman Catholic, Christ died on the cross giving me favour in God’s sight. But admission to heaven is based upon my merit which is accomplished by my work. Hence pergatory is needed to purify the soul for heaven. The pentecostal adds nothing in order to be saved from the punishment of sins. When s/he dies, s/he goes immediately to heaven because Jesus has already completed our purification. The Pentecostal (and other evangelicals) please God by doing good (Eph 5:1ff, Eph 2:8,9,10) while in the RC, we are never good enough. When the RC sins, s/he needs to confess it to a priest. When a Pentecostal sins, s/he claims forgiveness from God (1 John 1:8,9). A Pentecostal’s relationship with God is through Jesus Christ. A RC’s relationship with God is through a myriad of intermediaries-saints who intercede to Mary who intercedes to Jesus… For the Pentecostal, Mary is a woman who was honoured to be Christ’s earthly mother. For the RC, Mary is venerated/adored/worshipped for her role. For the RC., Mary was without sin (Immaculate Conception). For the Pentecostal, Jesus paid even for the sins of Mary by His death and resurrection….
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Name : Ronald V., Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 47, City : Edmonton, State : NA, Country : Canada, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,I like to think that the message of Jesus Christ is summed up in John 3:16, however, not to be neglected is that Christ founded a church, and the Catholic Church can prove itself to be that church. There is an unbroken line of bishops, priests, and laity in the Catholic Church from the very beginning. Orthodox and Anglicans can also make this claim, but Pentecostals cannot. Pentecostalism is a ‘revivalist’ movement, not part of the original apostolic church. Some principal points of divergence: * Catholics believe that the bread and wine in the Eucharist become the true body and blood of Christ; Pentecostals regard it only as a symbol. * Catholics claim a unique role for Mary in salvation (‘To Jesus through Mary’); Pentecostals do not. * Catholics regard the Pope as successor to St. Peter and head of the church; Pentecostals do not regard the church as having any earthly leader. * Catholics accept the Septuagint version of the Old Testament that contains more books than the Hebrew canon used by Pentecostals; the New Testament is essentially identical. * Catholics seek the intercession of the saints and strive to imitate their lives; this is not ‘worship’ but Pentecostals do not do this. * Catholics confess their sins to a priest (as was done in the Old Testament and continued in the New); Pentecostals ‘confess directly to God’. There are many more differences but these are the major ones that come to mind.
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Name : Augustine23557, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 41, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,From a prodestant view with Catholic friends… The idea of praying Mary is one of the main differences. From what I can tell, Catholics pray to Mary to speak to Jesus on their behalf. (please correct me if I’m wrong) They also believe that her mother was a virgin (this is the concept of emaculate conception). In order for Jesus to be free from original sin Mary has to be emaculatly concieved also. When you get into other points, I believe most Catholics do not believe in activly speaking in tongues. Although not all prodestant faiths believe this, it is more prevalent in prodestant (especially Karismatic) churches. They believe that it happened in the Bible. Some, however believe that it is not for today.
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Name : Lindsay, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 20, City : Muskegon, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Bible Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Having grown up as a Catholic and now a Baptist (a close relative of the Pentecostal), I know the differences. Three are: 1. Salvation is something different in both churches. In the Catholic Church, salvation means being eligible to go to heaven. From that point, the Catholic has to merit heaven by the good that he/she does. In the Evangelical churches, salvation means our sins are fully paid for by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, meaning that heaven is a done deal for the believer. 2. Good works for the Catholic are important in order to get into heaven. Good works for the Evangelical means this is how we can express our appreciation to Jesus for what He has given to us. 3. The Bible is the one and only source for growing in Godliness for the Evangelical. The Catholic relies on the Bible, the Church and Tradition. Whereas there is a unity in the Bible, the church and tradition offer contradictory teachings. Mary is venerated (worshipped) in the Catholic Church, whereas no such treatment is called for by the Scriptures (the Bible). There are many more. http://www.christiananswers.net could give you a much more complete comparison.
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Name : Ronald-V29456, Gender : M, Religion : Christian, Age : 48, City : Edmonton, Alberta, State : NA, Country : Canada, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,WHICH Pentecostal church? If it is the United Pentecostal denomination or a similar ‘Jesus Only’ type assembly, then the theolgy is very different: Catholics are trinitarian, UPC’s are ‘oneness’. Aside from this: Pentecostal churches are usually informal and non-liturgical and center around the ‘ministry of the Holy Spirit’ while Catholic churches are liturgical and centered around sacraments. The Catholic churches see themselves as ‘apostolic’ in the sense that they are ordained in a direct line all the way back to the original 12 Apostles; some pentecostal churches call themselves ‘Apostolics’ as well but they basically mean they are doing thing as they think the Apostles did them.
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Name : J.S. Burns, City : South Roxana, State : IL, Country : United States,a Pentecostal. One of the biggest diffrences is we repent to Jesus while Catholics repent to man. We are much more vocal in services. And we see a lot of healing which I am not sure the Catholics do. I do believe either religion will get a persom to Heaven and that God in his wisdom created maney religions to bring more people to him.
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Name : Cliff, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 35, City : na, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : self emplyed, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class,Pentacostalism is, in fact, a movement rather than a denomination. Its roots lie in what was called the Azusa Street Revival in 1906. This movement had a second manifestation later in the century in what was known as the Charismatic Movement. Charismatic and Pentecostal are sometimes used synonymously, and this is more or less correct–Pentecostalism was more of an urban movement, while the later Charismatic Movement was primarily suburban. The Charismatic Movement, in fact, reached certain portions of the Roman Catholic Church, so that there are some Charismatic Catholics, though these are certainly a minority. Now to back-pedal and explain Charismatic / Pentecostal. Pentecostalism is marked by a phenomenon known throughout church history as glossolalia, or, speaking in tongues. This is when a person begins to make speech sounds, either wilfully or otherwise. These sounds are normally incoherent to the speaker and observers. Pentecostals believe that these sounds are inspired by the Holy Spirit. The incoherence is normally attributed to the speaker speaking in either a dead language or an angelic language. Deliberate speaking in tongues is often viewed is divinely inspired prayer, and is sometimes called a prayer language. In some cases, a person ecstatically (non-deliberately) speaking in tongues will believe that his or her sounds carry a prophetic message from God, and, if the timing is appropriate and with the consent of church officials, will address the congregation in tongues. Biblical precedent and general practice require a coherent interpretation of the tongues in this case. This can be provided by the speaker or another individual. In some cases the interpreter understands the speaker because the speaker is speaking in a language the interpreter knows. Other times, the interpreter will hear the speaker speaking in her own first language. Other times, she will feel that the interpretation is being given to her prophetically by God. Most Pentecostals also believe in and practice modern day prophecy, miraculous healing and miracles, and exorcism (also called spiritual warfare.) Hope this helps a little.
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Name : Alexander, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 20, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
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