Catholicism Vs Protestantism

Catholicism and Protestantism are the two main denominations in Christianity the same way we have Shia and Sunni in Islam. They comprise two of the largest religions that we know of in the world. Both of the religions are based on the same foundations but at the same time differ in very many ways. One is rich based on tradition and unwaveringness while the other is diverse and modernized. In this paper I shall compare and contrast the two denominations try to see how they relate with each other. Comparing Catholicism and Protestantism, some similarities were noted. The first major similarity is that both denominations believe in Jesus Christ who is the son of God. He was born of the Virgin Mary and he died on the cross and after several days
However, women are allowed to participate in other areas such as teaching and becoming nuns. Finally, when it comes to similarities I will conclude by mentioning that they also agree on the fact that Jesus Christ is the only savior and was sacrificed by God for the save of saving man from a sinful life. The source of sin in both denominations is believed to be Adam from the Genesis. Protestantism and Catholicism have been noted to disagree on a variety of matters which I will mention here below. The main disagreement that we know about this two denominations, concerns the issue of authority of the pope. The Catholics have been noted to believe that the pope is the Vicar of Christ, or in other words the substitute and they believe that on earth he has taken the place that Jesus would take. Hence, the pope is believed to have the authority and power to speak on matters that concerns faith and practice with the Catholics. This means that the teachings of the pope are binding upon all Christians, as a matter of fact some of them refer to him as the visible head of God (Riggs,
The Protestants on the other hand, believe that salvation is acquired through having faith in Jesus Christ. They believe that when Jesus died on the cross, he died for the sake of all our sins. In terms of life after death, the two denominations have disagreed on some aspects of the same. The Catholics believes that there is eternal salvation in heaven and that there is eternal damnation in hell. However, before heaven they believe in a temporal state that exists just before one reaches heaven and they have named this purgatory. The Protestants on the other hand do not believe on such a place. Instead, they only believe in the existence of eternal salvation in heaven and eternal damnation in hell (Sproul,