There actually used to be some difference between Protestants and Catholics. Now it's like Democrats and Republicans, the difference is in the name only.
Somebody somewhere better wake up and come out of today's modern day 'church'. We need to establish the underground church. This is the church which will stand. All the others are going down.....as soon as they turn the air conditioning off.
2007-10-16 05:47:22
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answered by Notfooled 4
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Personal worship should be the same, whether catholic or protestant. "Corporate" worship among protestants varies from denomination to denomination, but most services include some combination of music/songs, public prayer and a sermon. Periodically (but not every service) most protestants "take communion" which (for most protestants) are the only two recognized Sacraments. If you truly want to know more, try an Internet research of some of the major protestant groups - Baptist, Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians.
For "Catholic Crusader": The Eastern Church has as much (if not more) claim to be the direct offshoot of the original church founded under Jesus' name. Maybe even the Coptic church has an equal lineage.
2007-10-16 12:48:45
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answered by Anonymous
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To them, praise, prayer and worship is the same thing.
Catholics maintain worship at a much higher level.
Jesus promised, "I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return.
Among the Christian churches, only the Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.) Only the Catholic Church existed in the tenth century, in the fifth century, and in the first century, faithfully teaching the doctrines given by Christ to the apostles, omitting nothing. The line of popes can be traced back, in unbroken succession, to Peter himself. This is unequaled by any institution in history: Even the oldest government is new compared to the papacy.
The Catholic Church has existed for nearly 2,000 years, despite constant opposition from the world. This is testimony to the Church’s divine origin: Any merely human organization would have collapsed long ago. The Catholic Church is today the most vigorous church in the world (and the largest, with 1.3 billion members: one sixth of the human race), and that is testimony not to the cleverness of the Church’s leaders, but to the protection of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus’ Church is called catholic ("universal" in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations" (Matt. 28:19–20). For 2,000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, preaching the good news that Christ died for all men and that he wants all of us to be members of his universal family (Gal. 3:28). Nowadays the Catholic Church is found in every country of the world and is still sending out missionaries to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19). The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it went all the way back to the time of the apostles.
2007-10-16 12:42:31
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answered by Anonymous
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TO CATHOLIC CRUSADER...
interestingly enough ...just this past Sunday a minister in Churched preached on the differences between praise,. prayer and worship..... so i'm now wondering on what did you base your statement re us protestants believing that it is the same.
NOW.. TO ANSWER THE QUESTON.... the difference is that we spend more time praising, worshipping and praying to God, unlike the other folks who try to divide their time between, God, mary, a pope and a list of other saints.....
2007-10-16 13:01:11
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answered by ARIZONA 3
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worship bands, light shows, big screen TVs, rolling in the aisles, snake handling, speaking in tongues, faith healing...
2007-10-16 12:49:43
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answered by Vernacular Catholic 3
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Praising. prayer, fasting, giving, loving others.
You know, Matthew 5.
2007-10-16 12:43:07
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answered by Christian Sinner 7
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You don't want to know. It's really kinky! Why do you think they shut the doors of the church?
2007-10-16 12:44:20
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answered by Anonymous
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