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Difference Between Catholicism And Nondenominational Christianity

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For my Meet the Believers assignment, I focused on Catholicism and Nondenominational Christianity. My Catholic interviewee, who I’ll refer to as John, is middle aged and was raised Catholic. My Christian interviewee, who I’ll refer to as Jane, is a young adult and was similarly raised Christian. From my interviews and attendance of worship services of both groups, several themes and concepts came to the forefront: the tensions between fundamentalism and modernism, the important conversation of gender and ethnicity, and the “true” good understood by both believers through their respective religious groups.
Before this exercise, I’ll admit that I didn’t have much understanding of the difference between Catholicism and Protestantism. Growing up in the United States certainly exposed me to Christianity, but I did not know the differences between significant denominations. From my interviews and services, it’s clear that Catholicism and Nondenominational Christianity are very similar outside of the adherence to teachings of the Catholic church and the Pope. Admittedly, these groups are largely similar because they both are varieties of Christianity, but attending worship services really emphasizes the closely related teachings of these two groups, and possibly of all religions. As we have discussed before, even if a religion doesn’t wholly create peace, they are attempting to spread unity through the means they believe best. Catholicism and Nondenominational Christianity

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