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| What does "Creed, Code, Cult" mean? |
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| Creed, Code, Cult refers to the three things that all religions share. Creed refers to what we believe (Words), Code refers to what we do (Works), and Cult refers to the traditions and routines of the faith (Worship) |
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| Why are they important to Catholic faith? |
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| The Catholic faith has all of these aspects. A Creed (Like the Nicene creed) states what we believe in. Our code is service and living our lives after the example of Jesus. Our "cult" is our worship and traditions, like Mass, the Sacraments, and other celebrations. |
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| Faith is our response to the loving invitation of God. |
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| What are the 7 Aspects of Faith |
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| personal, a gift, develops through hearing, a journey, exercise & love, risky, community |
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| These aspects are important to remember when learning about and broadening our faith. They help to define it, as well as remind us of what faith really is. |
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| What are the Characteristic of each? |
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| Personal- no two people have the same faith, no matter what; Gift- people like to receive gifts, especially unexpectedly; Hearing- through hearing the Scriptures and through hearing other people; Invitation- other people experience a journey too. It will be difficult, will NOT be perfect; Exercising and Love- practicing the faith in life. Living it daily and living it through actions; Risks- opens people up for hurt, trusting another being; Community- Mass, sharing experiences with other people. |
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| How can you relate to them? |
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| They describe the experiences that we have with our faith. They can help us see our faith and understand it better. |
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| What are the 6 Stages of Faith Development? |
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| Imaginative, Literal, Group, Personal, Mystical, Sacrificial |
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| What is the theory of the 6 Stages of Faith Development? |
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| The theory of the 6 stages of Faith development states that as our faith journey continues, we pass through certain phases. However, not everyone progresses at the same rate, and not everyone goes through every stage. |
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| What are the characteristics of each stage of faith development? |
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| Imaginative- earliest stage. Puts faith in terms that they can understand. Don't ask questions or looks for logic. Highly imaginative; Literal- Learning God's response to good and bad. Learning Bible stories. Often bargains with God and loses faith easily if they don't see immediate results; Group- Focused on belonging and fitting in with the group. Does not usually question faith because that might distance them from the groups; Personal- Develop a personal standard of what is right. Often start to question and have doubts. May stop believing. Totally normal; Mystical- Faith is open ended, beyond just the person. Sees God dwell within them and everyone else; Sacrificial- Forgetting about themselves. Losing themselves in faith. Loving beyond themselves and living the faith in every aspect of their life. |
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| What does it mean to call God "Father"? |
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| "Father" is a metaphor for God's relationship with us. |
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| No, but he is referred to in that way through metaphor. |
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| A metaphor is a way of describing something by comparing it and stating it as something else. We must refer to God in metaphor because it is the only way we can comprehend Him. |
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| God has many fatherly qualities. He protects us. He helps us to plan our future. He guides us. He provides for us. |
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| God has many maternal qualities. He created us. He nurtured us. He guides and teaches us. |
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| What are two ways through which we can come to know God? |
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| Revelation and Reason (Scripture may also be a useful tool but is not one of the main 2) |
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| Who is Thomas Aquinas and what did he do? |
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| He came up with several arguments for the existence of God, including the "Argument From Design" and the "Argument From First Cause". |
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| What is the argument "From Design"? |
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| The argument from design attempts to validate God's existence. It says that there is proof of the designer in all creation, and that with the complexity of creation, there has to be a creator. It could not have happened just by chance. The view that Thomas Aquinas argued was "Intelligent Design" meaning that there was a creator but denying the total accuracy of the Biblical creation story. |
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| What is the argument "From first cause"? |
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| The argument of first cause attempts to prove God's existence by referring to life and creation as a series of dependent events. Everything that happens is dependent on something that happened before it. Because of this, there must be one independent event for this chain of events to depend on, or there would only be a series of events that depend on nothing. He argues that this independent event was the existence of an always present God. |
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| The study of Christ in either his divinity or his humanity. |
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| What is the difference between High Christology and Low Christology? |
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| High Christology focuses on Jesus's divine side, while Low Christology focuses on Jesus's human side. |
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| What was the Edict of Milan and what did is say? |
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| The Edict of Milan was signed by Constantine in 313 AD. It granted religious freedom throughout the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| Arius was an Egyptian man who believed that Jesus was the greatest human ever created, but was not divine. |
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| The belief system based on Arius's ideas. |
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| What was the Council of Nicaea and when was it? |
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| The council of Nicea was the first ecumenical council, called by Constantine in order to protect the Church from the threats on conflicting religious beliefs. |
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| How did it influence Christology? |
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| It settled the Church's ideas of Jesus as both truly God and truly man, as well as denying the ideas of people like Arius. |
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| What does "Homoousious" mean? |
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| What does "Homoiousious" mean? |
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| "One in similar being with" |
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| What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit? |
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| Wisdom, Knowledge, Right Judgment, Understanding, Reverence, Wonder and Awe, Courage |
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| What are some images used for the Holy Spirit? |
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| Dove, tongue of fire, oil, and speaking in many languages. |
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| What are two things one could reasonably expect from the Church? |
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| What images of the Church are offered in the New Testament? |
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| What is the nature of the Church as stated in the Second Vatican Council? |
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| The Church document "Lumen Gentium" drafted in Vatican 2 said that Jesus is the light of the world, and it is the Church's duty to help reflect that light to the people |
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| What are the different senses which the word "church" can refer to? |
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| Church can refer to the actual building or parish (lower case C), the universal community (capital C), or the Eucharistic Assembly |
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| What are the four marks of the Church? |
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| One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic |
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| A state of being in a close loving relationship with God after death |
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| The state of rejecting and being without a close relationship to God after death. |
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| What is Purgatory? Does the church still teach it? |
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| Purgatory is a state of cleansing. It is when the soul decides on whether it wants to be in a close relationship with God and prepares itself for it. This is still a common belief and teaching in the Catholic Church. |
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| What Symbols are present at a funeral? |
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| Flowers, pictures, memorials, etc. |
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| How does the Church approach death? |
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| The Church does not approach death as being final. It says that death is just a natural progression between life on Earth and life everlasting. |
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| A sacrament is a visible sign of invisible grace (It is efficacious) |
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| What does it mean to say that the sacraments are "efficacious"? |
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| They are able to do something. Then have the ability to directly affect us and our world |
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| What role does personal faith play in receiving the sacraments? |
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| Personal faith affects to what level you experience the sacraments and their effect on your life. |
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| What does "Lex orandi, lex credendi" mean and how does it apply prayer, worship, and belief? |
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| Lex orandi, lex credendi means "The law of prayer is the law of belief". Everything we do is rooted in prayer. Prayer is the basis of our faith as it allows us to communicate with God. |
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| A sign is a something that announces or signifies that something is present. |
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| A symbol is a sign with multiple meanings |
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| How are the sacraments "symbolic"? |
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| They have multiple different meanings and affects. While they are a sign of God's grace, they are also ways by which we experience God's grace directly. |
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| What are some symbols used in sacraments? |
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| Oil, water, incense, fire, bread, |
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| What are the seven Sacraments? |
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| Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders (Actually 3 different types), and Anointing of the Sick. |
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| Which sacrament are sacraments of initiation? |
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| Eucharist, Baptism, Confirmation |
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| Right of Christian Initiation for Adults-process by which adults get baptized and brought into the Catholic Church |
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| What symbols are used in Baptism? |
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| Water, Candle, Oil, Sign of cross |
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| What is the purpose of Baptism? |
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| Early Baptism was immersion. It is a sharing in the death and the resurrection of Christ-dying of former self, and rebirth of life with Christ |
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| What is important about the symbol of water and what does it signify within the sacrament? |
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| Water is can be a symbol of life, purity, nourishment, and death |
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| What symbols are used in Confirmation? |
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| Fire, oil, gifts of the Holy Spirit, dove, red |
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| Priests, archbishop and so on |
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| What is said during Confirmation? |
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| "Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit" |
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| What symbols are used in the Eucharist? |
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| Eucharist, chalice, wine, |
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| What is Transubstantiation? |
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| Transubstantiation - changing substance; the theological idea about how bread and wine becomes the body of Christ |
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| What does it mean to say that the Eucharist is Christ's real presence? What doesn't it mean? |
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| The bread and the wine change essence, substance. It changes all |
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| What does "Eucharist" mean? |
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| What are the two main parts of the Mass? |
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| Liturgy of the Word and the Eucharist |
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| What are symbols of Reconciliation? |
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| Used to be laying of the hands |
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| What does the sacrament do? |
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| Who confers the sacrament? |
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| Priests, or other ordained; not nuns or deacons because he is a stand in for Christ |
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| What are symbols of the anointing of the sick? |
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| Healing oil-chrism oil; actually olive oil |
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| How many times can you receive the sacrament? |
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| There is no limit; but usually only received once |
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| Why is it no longer called "Last Rites"? |
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| People who aren't dying can still receive it; caretakers or those who need blessings |
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| What are symbols of Marriage? |
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| Why is Marriage a sacrament? |
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| State attends to the civil, while the church attends to the sacramental, and the state can undo the civil part of it, but the sacramental part can not be undone |
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| Is the sacrament the wedding day or more than that? |
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| Free will must approach marriage and for all sacraments, can only happen if one is receptive to the sacraments. Annulments say that the marriage never existed sacramentally and therefore did not happen. |
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| How is family a "little Church" |
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| It is a community where teaching and learning takes place |
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| What are symbols of Holy Order? |
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| What is the role of a priest? |
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| Role of priest is a mediator-after Vatican II, it shook image of the priest as a role of service, and he is know a community member |
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| What does Episcopacy mean? |
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| A group of Bishops able to ordain priests |
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| What vows are taken by a diocesan/secular priest? |
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| What vows are most often taken by religious order priests? |
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| Celibacy, Obedience, and Poverty |
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| Has priestly celibacy always been mandatory? |
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| What is one reason given by the Church why women cannot be ordained priests? |
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| Christ was not a woman; men trace authority back to apostles; an apostle would have been a woman if he would have wanted that to happen |
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| Is religious life one of the sacraments? Why or why not? |
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| Contemplative (prayer & penance), Monastic (community), Actively Apostolic (ministry) |
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| What vows/ promises are made? |
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| Can take a vow of poverty, obedience, silence, or chastity |
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| Sacramentals are sacred signs instituted by the Church. They can be words, actions, or objects. They help us to deepen and grow in our faith. They can include medals, blessings, and icons. Not every sacramental means the same thing to every person. |
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| How are sacramentals different from sacraments |
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| Why are they part of Catholicism? |
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| They help us to build a connection to God. They remind us of his presence and help guide us in little decisions. They are more often experienced than the sacraments. |
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| What are some examples of sacramentals? |
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| Medals, icons, jewelry, blessings, figures, statues, patron saints, and certain types of recited prayers are examples of sacramentals. |
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| When did the Protestant Reformation occur and why did it begin? |
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| Key Figures: Martin Luther, Henry VIII, and John Calvin |
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| What does "Sola fides" mean? |
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| What does "Sola scriptura" mean? |
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| What are some Protestant denominations? |
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| Why are there so many Christian denominations? |
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| Who are Orthodox Christians and what do they believe? |
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| Traditional, believe in literalism, Creationists, they follow the traditional rules laid out in the Bible. |
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