[Augustine23557]

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, 

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