The Catholic Church has a magisterium - its teachings have a God-given authority that is equal to the authority of scripture. The Pope has even got the power to make infallible statements - statements that cannot be questioned. Within Protestant churches, the church has an advisory role. It can recommend one action over another, it can condemn certain actions entirely - you can even be kicked out of the church for certain actions. However, the individual is still left to decide where to stand in relation to church teaching.
Protestants do not recognize the power of the Pope, refuse many customs and values of the Catholic Church, put emphasis on the importance of understanding the Bible and embrace the doctrine of deliverance by faith alone. Protestantism includes abundant denominational groups, as well as Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Pentecostals and Evangelicals. Christian practices differ by denomination, but general essentials include a Sunday worship service, confidential and shared prayer, study and understanding of the Scriptures, and contribution in such rites as baptism and communion. Distinguishing Catholic practices consist of acknowledgment of seven overall sacraments, Sunday mass, dedication to the Virgin Mary and the saints, and admiration of relics and places connected with holy figures. Eastern Orthodoxy holds a lot of practices in relation with Catholicism, but is particularly distinguished by the vital role of icons: metaphorical images of Christ and the saints alleged to have provided a relationship to the spiritual world.
The church still held power over peoples' morals, but without the monarchy's to enforce it the church's found their power decreasing. In Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, the government and the church are
Thirdly, they can address issues that did not exist in the time of the Apostles. This is important as Catholics can’t find these problems in the Bible. In order to be able to do this, they must keep up to date with the lives of today’s Catholics. On the other hand people may disagree with me, firstly because in order to become part of the Magisterium, you must first be a bishop. It takes a long time in the Catholic Church in order to become a bishop, in turn a member of the Magisterium.
The uniformity and rigid adherence to the Catholic Church, and its various forms of debauchery in the 16th century, spawned the idea that such an entity was not truly needed. To that extent, the author proves that the individualistic component of Protestantism is the commonality between its many scions, as in this religion “the individual’s relationship with God is direct” (McGrath, p. 44). And although the author spends a substantial amount of time chronicling several different varieties of Protestantism and some of the more notable and lesser known figures who have helped to extend its principles in defense of this central premise (such as Martin Bucer and John Calvin), the very nature of this historical accounting does not allow him to do so with a depth of analysis that would truly benefit his thesis. Unfortunately, Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution: A History from the Twenty-First Century to the Sixteenth “often sacrifices depth and focus for breadth and span”
Technically, discussions of worldviews will fall into 1 of 6 categories – theism, deism, pantheism, naturalism, and polytheism – but in the real world, peoples belief are not always that easily categorized. Mormons claim to be monotheistic (theism), but are essentially polytheistic, as the teaching of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, stated: "I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and that the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a spirit; and these three constitute three distinct personages and three distinct gods". Additional data supporting the position that Mormons truly are polytheists is their belief and worship in both God the Father (Doctrine and Covenants 18:40) and Jesus Christ (3 Nephi 11:17; 2 Nephi 25:29), as well as their view of God the Father and Jesus as two separate gods. One of the more interesting aspects of Mormonism is its reliance and use of the Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon. While many reason the Book of Mormon is their criterion for the Mormon worldview and practice of the church, the reality is that there is not a single unique doctrine of Mormonism imparted within its pages.
Baptism is also compulsory in Anglicanism and must be performed in a certain way unless the person has been baptised as Catholic or Orthodox. Baptists believe that Baptism is not necessary for salvation. They believe that it is an act of Christian obedience. They interpret some Biblical passages, such as Acts 8: 38, as
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine has a broad mix of traditional and nontraditional features. Some of the elements it has that are traditional to churches from the Gothic period such as an apse, ambulatory, choir, transept, rose window and nave. Some of the elements of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine that aren’t traditional to Gothic architecture are the aisle chapels or nave chapels and the narthex. Narthexes were originally intended to separate the general congregation from those who had were not allowed inside the nave. This allowed those that were not welcomed into the nave to hear and partake in the services held inside the cathedral.
The Eastern Orthodox Church shares ancestry with the Roman Catholic Church. However, they consist of many dissimilar beliefs. Icons and the use of their ritual beliefs and worship cause major controversy between both churches. Possession of power is a major dividing issue between the two churches. The Pope was customarily the top leader of the church and all matters of divinity were his concerns.
The main symbol that was really spoken was Cathedral. The definition of Cathedral is, “the principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's throne.”(Dictionary.Com) Cathedral can root with the Church. A church is supposed to be fellowship, people unite as one, unity. It doesn’t matter if there are people with different interests, the thing that sticks them as one is their faith, God. In this story it can be shown, all though it’s not in a Spiritual way.