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Essay / Compare and Contrast Catholicism and Christianity
Catholics believe that the Roman Catholic Church is the highest authority on earth and that the word of God is spoken through the Pope. Christians, on the other hand, have different interpretations of the Bible and are willing to accept or reject certain teachings of the Bible. The key to salvation is baptism, Christians can be baptized at any time after gaining belief and faith in Christ. Catholics are usually baptized after birth. Christians, in addition to biblical readings, also include Gnostic gospel readings, which were excluded from the Bible during the fourth century. Catholics do not follow the Gnostic gospel, but rather rely on sacred traditions that are believed to have been passed down through the centuries. Places of worship between Catholics and Christians are different in that Christians are held in a church or small gatherings can also be held in people's homes, Catholics have a more formal service with the church being the majority part of the Catholic mass. When it comes to confessing your sins, Catholics confess their sins to a priest where they have to sit down and have a face to face conversation with the priest and confess all the sins they have committed so that they are forgiven by God. , Christianity does not require having to confess to a priest, but all they have to do is confess to God and all their sins will be