The Christian religion has many denominations but all have similar beliefs. For the most part they have the same beliefs and practices with a few differences determined by how each denomination branched off from the Catholic religion, which was the original Christianity. Anglicans, Methodist, Lutherans, Baptist, Pentecostalism, Latter Day Saints, Jewish Christians, Quakers, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Fundamentalist Christianity, Pietism, Evangelicalism, the Holiness movement, and many others are all denominations of Christianity. This paper will examine Methodist religion and compare it to the Catholic religion.
This is a little history on the Methodist Church and how it began. In 1730, John Wesley, an Anglican priest, was upset with the Church of England. People believed the church was more like a government department, and the Sacraments were rarely given. Wesley sought to change this and wanted to revitalize the Church. His ‘method' of worship and way he, his brother Charles, and a group of other students at Oxford went about their religious practices was well taken by the people and this is where the name Methodist came from (Fairchild, Methodist Church Denomination, 2012).
[...] Phyllis Fetzer, Associated Pastor from Trinity United Methodist Church in Lima, Ohio, she pointed out that some of the differences between Methodists and Catholics are women are allowed to become ordained pastors and clergy are allowed to marry. She also said of the practice of communion, Catholics believe the two elements (bread and wine) truly in a mythical way become the body and blood of Christ, whereas Methodist believe they only represent the body and blood of Christ. Fetzer explained, Catholics do not believe in divorcing one's spouse, but King Henry VIII wanted a divorce from his wife Catherine of Aragon. This led to the creation of the Anglican Church, of which Wesley was an ordained priest. [...]
[...] “Methodism was not Church'. The elderly Wesley, however, regarding himself as apostle to the Methodist people, and convinced from his reading of Anglican divines that ‘bishops and presbyters are (essentially) of one order', took it upon himself to provide an ordained ministry for Methodism in America and then in Britain. Whilst his precise intentions in laying hands on Thomas Coke for superintendency in America are still debated, his actions proved decisive in turning Methodism in the United States into a church. [...]
[...] (n. d.). United Methodist Beliefs. [...]
[...] At those meetings the bishops do not have a vote (Williams, n. d.). Fetzer stated she had grown up in the Methodist church and thought it gave her structure, guidance, spirituality, and a scene of self worth and to know the Father above loved her. Fetzer told me during the time of sickness and after the passing of her husband from cancer, is was her faith in God and the love God had for her that got her through the very rough times. [...]
[...] This is a little history on the Methodist Church and how it began. In 1730, John Wesley, an Anglican priest, was upset with the Church of England. People believed the church was more like a government department, and the Sacraments were rarely given. Wesley sought to change this and wanted to revitalize the Church. His ‘method' of worship and way he, his brother Charles, and a group of other students at Oxford went about their religious practices was well taken by the people and this is where the name Methodist came from (Fairchild, Methodist Church Denomination, 2012). [...]
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