Sacraments of the Catholic Church

The Protestant Reformation was a major reform of the Christian church in response to problems that were found in the Catholic Church. Many people started to break away and form new Christian churches. The 1500s were times of alteration in and transformation of the church, and of social and political structures. Baptist, Anglican, Presbyterian and many other denominations of the protestant church are prominent in today’s society. However these types of churches did not always exist, and to…

merciful and just. Second Christ and the Saints, through their infinite virtue established a “treasury of merits”, on which the church could draw, due to the special relationship with Christ and the Saints. Third, the church had the authority to grant sinners the spiritual benefits of those with merits.[1] An indulgence was a sheet of paper signed by the pope or another church official that substituted a virtuous act from treasury of merits for penance of time in purgatory which was an idea…

the Saint Peter’s Basilica, he collected money by selling indulgences. The Doctrine of Indulgence says that the church would have the authority to grant people merits to give spiritual benefits. Luther would later then attach to the door of the church at Wittenberg Castle the list of the 95 theses on the indulgences. Soon he would publicly challenge the authority of the Pope and the church council and the response was by giving him two months or be excommunicated. 2. The status of women was…

1. Transubstantiation Transubstantiation is the Catholic belief that during the Eucharist in Mass, the bread and wine is transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ (Lindberg (L.) 402). This is significant, because during the Reformation in the 16th century, Luther developed the idea of “sola scriptura” or scripture alone (Harris Lecture (H.L.10/14/14). This concept meant that since it did not actually say in the scripture that the bread and body of Christ had been transformed, it…

The Catholic religion if a very widely accepted and practiced religion throughout the world. For my site visit I went to St. Mary Catholic Church which is located at 414 Madison St, Decatur, IN 46733. Their phone number is (260) 724-9159 and the church’s mission statement is to spread the gospel message, administer sacraments and reach out with charity and justice to people in need. The first thing I realized when I walked into St. May’s Catholic Church was how beautiful it was. It had these…

Sacred Heart Church of First People in Edmonton is a unique Catholic Church because its members are a mixture of First Nations, Inuit and Metis, homeless or fortunate, that belongs in a family and are able to participate in the Catholic sacraments. The church’s strong spirit is evident as they claim that they are governed by their culture, not by landscape like the others. What stood out to me was the elements inside the Church that is a combination of both the Aboriginal Culture and…

a) The Protestant Church follow after Martin Luther, meaning they do allow Priest who are not married to marry. They do not impose celibacy at all. b) The Orthodox Church does not refute a celibate priesthood, that is after all why the priest-monks (monks that are also priests) exist. Celibacy is on a voluntary base and never to be forced upon anyone. c) The Catholic Church does impose celibacy on its priest. Recently some of Eastern Catholic Church has allowed for their priest to marry. The…

Divorce, homosexuality, abortion, re-marriage, annulments, and grounding a family in faith are issues the Catholic Church faces today on family. Some of these issues have been prevalent for hundreds of years. However, up until 2014, they had not been formally discussed in a Synod since 1980. With time comes change and the issues changed so Pope Francis decided there was a need to talk about the new issues. Pope Francis called bishops from around the world together, including the United States to…

faith to Sunday Mass and to fill the confessional rooms. The one sad thing about Los Altos is that sports are more important than faith. Families often skip Weekend Mass for soccer game and practices. I picked up a book called, “Keeping your Kids Catholic: It may seem Impossible but it can be done.” In this book, the author provides technique to help the kids to become more engaged with their faith. Instead of forcing the kids to go to Mass, we should help them understand and internalize their…

objected to the fact that the Church controlled what people were able to study, of what people were able to publish, and limited the sorts of things people could even chat to each other. The idea of humanism influenced the way people thought and looked at things in life, which causes people to question their own lives and the authority of the church. Bubonic plague a disease spread by fleas is considered one of the worst pandemics in human history. Huge speculation of the church authority…