What are the differences between the Catholic and Protestant religions?

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One of the main differences in beliefs between the Nationalists and the unionists concerns religion. The majority or the unionists are protestant and the majority of the nationalists are catholic. When the Act of union 1800 was introduced in 1801, protestants started filling up northern Ireland as they now believed this was their country, however the Catholics were not at all happy about this. Most of the nationalists moved to southern Ireland to join the other members of their religion however, many Catholics refused to move as they classed northern island as their home and they were determined to get their homes back. This is where the problems started between the Catholics and protestants.

Catholics and protestants worship in many different ways however many people say they are both Christians. Both religions follow the bible but they just believe in different things. Catholics believe that the virgin Mary was a virgin all her life and the appearance of Jesus Christ was a complete miracle, on the other hand protestants deny Mary?s virginity as they believe there was nothing miraculous about the birth of Jesus. Protestants are huge followers of the church they have very long ceremonies and they treat their churches as well as they treat their homes. The catholic churches are far more decorated than the protestant churches this is because protestants focus much more on the bible than they do on their churches. Catholics tend to follow the church as they think this is where divine authority comes from but protestants just follow their bible as they believe it comes from the bible. This is why protestants don?t feel the need to hold long ceremonies and this is also why their churches are allot less decorated than catholic churches. Catholics seem to have a lot more beliefs than protestants this is maybe why their church services are longer. Catholics have seven sacraments, baptism, holy communion, first confession, marriage, holy orders, anointing of the sick and confirmation. Protestants however only have two sacraments which is baptism and Eucharist.

Another Opinion

Protestants definitely DO NOT deny the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. Protestants believe Jesus was born to Mary when she had never had sex. That is a virgin birth. But Catholicism teaches that Mary remained a virgin the rest of her life. Protestants believe that after the birth of Jesus, Mary had a normal sexual relationship with Joseph and the Bible mentions in Matthew 13:55 that He had four brothers. "Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?"

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