Christian Practices
The two main sacraments are…
3. Marriage: this is a sacrament when two people publicly commit themselves to each other for life. The two individuals administer the sacrament to each other while priest or minister or just simply act of public witness of the commitment.
Christian Beliefs
Christian Reformation (Counter Reformation): the Protestant Reformation was a powerful movement; Roman Catholicism not only withstood its challenges but also grew and changed the response to it.
The two main sacraments are…
- Baptism: The ritual cleansing with water is universally used in Christianity as an initiation rite. The ritual originally involved complete immersion of the body, but some forms of Christianity require that only the head be sprinkled with water.
- Eucharist: this is the Lord’s Supper. God made said the bread is his body, and the wine is his blood. In Catholic, Orthodox, and traditional Protestant churches have a Lord’s Supper service every Sunday. In other less ceremonial churches they prefer to focus their Sunday service on preaching the Bible study, but they do have the Lord’s Supper once a month.
3. Marriage: this is a sacrament when two people publicly commit themselves to each other for life. The two individuals administer the sacrament to each other while priest or minister or just simply act of public witness of the commitment.
Christian Beliefs
Christian Reformation (Counter Reformation): the Protestant Reformation was a powerful movement; Roman Catholicism not only withstood its challenges but also grew and changed the response to it.
- Protestants rejected the authority of the Pope; while the Catholics stress about it.
- Protestants demanded the use of native languages; Catholics retained the use of Latin.
- Protestants emphasized simplicity in architecture and music, and Catholics created churches of flamboyant drama.
Links:
- Molloy, M. (2008). Experiencing the world's religions: Tradition, challenge, and change (6th ed.). Boston: -McGraw Hill Higher Education. pgs. 378, 385-387
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- http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54e1469fe4b026bc4ec6830f/t/551a2071e4b0f79414f56cee/1427775605488/I-DO-Marriage-Series.jpg?format=1500w
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