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Overview of church history
Catholicism is one of the three major Christian sects alongside Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism. Catholicism is centered on Rome, so it is also called Roman Catholic Church. It was introduced to China in the 0/6th century A.D./KLOC, and its followers called the god they worshipped "God", so it was called Catholicism in China. Around the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, the Bishop of Rome gradually became the leader of the whole western church and gradually formed the papal system. 1054, the East and West factions finally formally split. The Eastern Sect calls itself the Orthodox Church, that is, the Orthodox Church. The western school calls itself the Catholic Church. Believe in God and Jesus Christ, and honor Mary as the mother of Jesus. The main basic beliefs are roughly contained in the apostles' creed. Catholic clergy demand celibacy. Catholics go to church to watch mass.

Christianity only believes in the Lord Jesus, and other Christian sects also believe in the Trinity God (Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit). It is believed that Mary is just a person, not a god, so Christianity does not need to worship Mary as a god.

Catholicism worships the Lord Jesus and respects the Virgin Mary. Some people think that Mary is just a person, but Mary is the biological mother of the Lord Jesus and will always be a virgin. So Catholicism should respect Maria and commemorate her, but don't trust Maria at all. Don't get me wrong!

First, Catholicism: Salvation through forgiveness of sins by virtue. Christianity: Justification by faith and salvation by grace.

Idol Catholicism: a religion that worships idols. Christianity: totally rejecting idols.

3. Biblical Catholicism: Bible, the scripture of God, the scripture of Notre Dame, the scripture of three glories, and rosary is the prayer of holding rosary when chanting. Christianity: Only the Bible.

Eucharist Catholicism: Eucharist is the body and precious blood of the Lord Jesus. Christianity: Eucharist commemorates the death of the Lord Jesus.

As Christians, we really should know how to answer, and how to distinguish the difference between the two from the understanding and practice of biblical truth, so as not to follow suit-thinking that Judaism supports the emperor, Catholicism supports the queen, and Christianity supports the prince. Anyway, we are all a family.

Let's start with the origin of Catholicism. In the fourth century, the early church gradually formed five church centers: Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria. Each church center has a supervisor who manages the affairs of the jurisdiction. But in the 6th century, the Roman overseer thought that Rome was the political center of the world at that time, and the Roman church should also be the church center of the world, so he announced that the Roman overseer was the "universal father"-the Pope. Catholicism is called Roman Catholicism because it started in Rome and has flourished in Rome ever since. Catholic parishes, clergy and all their followers all over the world obey the Vatican in Rome, and the representative of Rome is the so-called Pope. 1926, Mussolini reached an agreement with the Pope to separate the Vatican from Italy and become an independent country with its own courts and police. In Brother Ni's book Orthodox Church, she is called romanticism, which was predicted by the Church of Thyatira in the seven churches in the second and third chapters of Revelation. "Push, push and pull" means "offering incense", that is, many sacrifices are full. The essence of Roman religion is paying attention to behavior and sacrifice. Mass is their sacrifice. She is the representative of the desolation, decline, apostasy and chaos of the church. The revival of the church began in the16th century, and the religious reform movement caused by Martin Luther produced Protestant Christianity (predicted by Sadie Church) which was divorced from Catholicism, which is now known to ordinary people.