Catholicism's history began when followers of Judaism accepted Jesus Christ as not just a prophet, but as the Son of God and the Savior of the world. ... In addition to the holy days celebrated by most other Christians, Catholics observe a number of other holy days and saints days. ... These sacraments are baptism, penance, Holy Communion, confirmation, marriage, holy orders, and last rites. ... (6) The opening prayer or collect, the prayer of the celebrant collects all the prayers of the assembly and offers them to the Father. (7) The first reading is usually from the Old Testament....

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The church is a group of God's people who follow his son Jesus Christ who is the true temple. He took our place on the cross so that we might have a closer relationship with the father and indulge in his rule and blessings. Jesus then arose from the grave and is still living and ascended to his father in heaven and blessed us with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives inside of us and it helps to guide us in the way we are to go. On the last day Jesus will come back to collect his followers that may come spend eternity with him and his father in heaven, which will be known as the perfect...

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In the Holy Bible, Acts 3:13 says, "The God of Abraham and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our Fathers, glorified his servant Jesus. ... Whose son is he? They say unto him , the Son of David. Jesus was greeted as the son of David by a blind man as he enter Jericho. ... He also mention that a certain Elhanan killed Goliath. 2nd Samuel 22:19 KJV says Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. ...

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The story of Jesus's birth is interesting because Joseph the husband of Mary at first wanted to abandon her until the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, "She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins (Mt. 1:21)." ... This passage explains what it will be like when the Son of man returns for judgment, and separates the believers and non-believers. ... Matthew then ends with Jesus telling his disciples, "Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and ...

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As a man who was born into an atheist family, I've never frequented any place of worship before. The closest I've ever come to any religion was walking past the local Roman Catholic Church on my way home from school (I lived in New York, not South Carolina). The only personal religious experience I'...

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