Andersonstown is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition. How did andersonstown get its name? AndersonstownRead More →
Episcopacy, in some Christian churches, the office of a bishop and the concomitant system of church government based on the three orders, or offices, of the ministry: bishops, priests, and deacons. What does episcopacy mean? 1 : government of the church by bishops or by a hierarchy. 2 : episcopate.Read More →
Because, unknown to most, Vegas has plenty of pottery practice. Vegas – real name Michael Joseph Pennington – developed an interest in ceramics at school and went on to study pottery at Middlesex University where he was taught by Malone. However, he only left with a third class degree. IsRead More →
In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, ‘permit’) is “a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins”. … Indulgences were, from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, a target of attacks by Martin Luther and other Protestant theologians.Read More →
One particularly well-known Catholic method of exploitation in the Middle Ages was the practice of selling indulgences, a monetary payment of penalty which, supposedly, absolved one of past sins and/or released one from purgatory after death. Are indulgences still sold today? You cannot buy one — the church outlawed theRead More →
Roman catholic bible? Catholics use the New American Bible. What are the 7 books in the Catholic Bible that are not in the Protestant Bible? A: There are seven books in the Catholic Bible — Baruch, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Tobit and Wisdom — that are not includedRead More →
Through the sacrament of holy orders, or ordination , a man vows to lead other Catholics by bringing them the sacraments, especially the Eucharist . He promises to do this by proclaiming the Gospel and by providing to Catholics other means to achieve holiness. What is ordination to the priesthood?Read More →
The Catholic Church Forbids Members from Being Freemasons. While Freemasonry is not itself a religion, all its members believe in a Supreme Being, or “Grand Architect of the Universe.” Members come from many faiths, but one denomination in particular bars any crossover. Was Plutarco Calles a Mason? Plutarco Elías CallesRead More →
The marriage that a non-baptized person, of whatever religion or belief, contracts, even with a baptized person, is a non-sacramental natural marriage. However, if the non-baptized person or persons are later baptized, the existing marriage automatically becomes sacramental and no longer merely natural. What makes a marriage invalid in theRead More →
The Church claims to be both Catholic and Reformed. It upholds teachings found in early Christian doctrines, such as the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. … The Church of England sustains a traditional Catholic order system that includes ordained bishops, priests and deacons. Is high church the same asRead More →