[Tom24127]

I’m Catholic so I know far more about that faith then Methodism. But here are a few differences. Firstly, Methodists, like all Protestants don’t follow the pope. They do not believe in Purgatory, and I don’t think they believe in the communion of saints. I also think that they, like most Protestants, believe that the Communion is a symbolic gesture, whereas Catholics believe that the Eucharist is literally Jesus Christ in ‘body, blood, soul, and divinity’. I would take issue with what Chris B. seemed to imply: that Catholicism doesn’t encourage a personal relationship with Christ. We do try to have a ‘personal’ relationship with him, and we pray directly to him. However, we believe that aside from that, there are ‘channels’ that the Church provides to enter in to a more complete communion with Christ and a better state of grace. For example: praying to and venerating the Virgin Mary and the saints, and the sacraments, especially Holy Communion. Prostestants tend to believe in salavation ‘sola gratia’ (by grace alone), ‘sola fide’ (by faith alone), and ‘sola scriptura’ (by Scripture alone). Catholics believe in the doctrine of sola gratia, but not sola fide or sola scripture. Faith must be combined with good works: ‘What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?’ James 2: 14. Furthermore, Catholics do not believe that Truth comes solely through the Scripture. It comes from this, and from the sacred Tradition of the church, out of which the Scripture came in the first place.

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Name : Tom24127, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 19, City : Yonkers, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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