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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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