Roman Catholicism Versus Pentecostal Christianity
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Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith 1
Comparison of Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith
Steven M Garrett
Axia College University of Phoenix
Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith 2
Summary
In this report I will inform people about the faith of Roman Catholicism and what centers around this
Way of worship, also in this report I will summarize a interview that I done with Alicia Prokasky a
15 year old girl, that goes to the Lady of the Highway Catholic Church in Thomasville, North Carolina.
In the interview I asked her a series of ten question concerning about the Roman Catholic ways of
Worship and lifestyles and from these questions I will show a comparison between Roman Catholicism
and my religion which is Pentecostal Christianity.
Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith 3
The Beliefs of Roman Catholics
Roman Catholicism is a religion that goes all the way back to the early times of the church. It is
similar to the religion of Christians, and the history of Roman Catholicism is similar to that
of the early church that existed during the period of the beginnings of the Roman Empire.
In fact, the language that the scripture is presented in, many of the rituals and the church architecture
of Roman Catholicism exists today because the Roman Empire incorporated Roman culture with
the religion of that period. Many of the beliefs and principles of the Roman Catholic Church are
similar to that of the essential beliefs of the general Christian worldview. However, certain areas
of these beliefs are significantly different from other Christian faiths, and the Roman Catholic
Church also has a unique structure that separates it from the other denominations. The Roman Catholic Church places more emphasis on faith and morals, two of the central
beliefs in Roman Catholicism. The revelations of God are not truths that are supposed to be easily
understood by the average human, aside from the importance of faith and morals.
Roman Catholicism have other beliefs that are different to the beliefs of other styles within the
Christian faith, some of the other beliefs that set aside the Roman Catholicism from other forms of
Christian worship are denominations or the Roman Catholic methods of worship. The Catholic worship
known as Mass. The Mass is a service that is well-structured and organized. The service usually
starts with a song out of a hymn book and will move on to prayers that is said by every
member of the congregation, usually before the prayer they will take communion and the preacher
will say "a prayer amplifying the supplication 'Deliver us from evil'"
Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal Christians Faith 4
The Interview
In researching of this report on Roman Catholics faith I set up a interview with a actual member
Of a Roman Catholic church, In the interview that I did at The Lady of the Highway Catholic
Church in Thomasville, North Carolina, I asked Alicia Prokasky a fifteen year-old girl a series of
Ten question so that I could get a better comprehending of the Roman Catholics faith. The first
question that I asked was "How has being raised in the catholic faith affected her life", and she said
that it had affected her life in many ways, from the
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