Catholic Beliefs vs Individual Beliefs
Catholic Beliefs vs. Individual Beliefs
Religion and beliefs vary from person to person. What humans come to believe is a direct result of each individual's background, family, friends, society, and materialistic things surrounding them. This holds true for the subject of death and resurrection. Not only are ideas about Jesus' death and resurrection confusing, but also many people do not contemplate what happens to them after they die. Although Catholic faith has a general teaching on death and resurrection, individuals seem to have their own beliefs of what happens to our body and soul after death.
Death is "the ending of all vital functions or processes in an organism or cell" (Encarta). Death is a natural process in life in which all humans are destined to experience. Many people fear death because it is an end to what they are used to. People are not comfortable with change; especially changes that they know will hurt their loved ones.
Resurrection is what comes after death. It is a separation between the soul (soma) and the flesh (sarx); the soul rises to be with God and the flesh is left on earth. The soul is a part of the body, and both live inside the flesh. When the flesh is cleansed from sin, the body and soul can then be resurrected from the flesh.
The Catholic faith teaches that Jesus "was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end" (Marthaler. Nicene Creed).
Jesus was sentenced to die under the ruler of Pontius Pilate. Prior...
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Under Individual Beliefs or Beliefs of another groups we could include basic info from different heavenly books which are
correctly being followed today.
I am a christian and enjoyed this essay. Even though the writer didi not take his own stand and did not state his own opinio, it was a very good essay.
...no opinion is taken throughout the entire essay. Most of this essay consists of explanations of what the official position of the Catholic church is on what happens to ones soul after death, when death truly occurs, and how one can earn one's way into God's graces and heaven. This essay seems well researched and cites many references. However, it never really lives up to its title, "Catholic Beliefs vs. Individual Beliefs". The only beliefs which are discussed in it are those of the Catholic church on death. The only mention of individual beliefs in the essay merely illustrates how some Catholics do not hold identical beliefs to those of their church. On a side note, there where two or three minor typographical errors, but nothing bad. A good essay overall, but written under the wrong title.
i would like to explain it a little better... I wrote this essay for a christian belief's class, the assignment was to leave individual opinions out. My title was suppossed to mean that because everyone is different, we all express our own beliefs no matter what the church states, no very many people believe and follows EXACTLY what the church believes as a whole. It wasn't suppossed to have anything to do with my own opinions.
This is a thourough essay detailing the beliefs of the Catholic Church. However, I didn't read anything about individual beliefs. The belief system in the Church is so deep and layered...it could have been a great opportunity to explore some of your own personal beliefs. Whether your beliefs agree or disagree with those of the Church, putting some of your own ideas into the essay would make it a very interesting piece. The essay as a whole is very well informed. But take a side, express an opinion. It will be that much stronger.
I have lots of Catholic friends, and had a long discussion with them about this essay. They all had differing opinions, but the general consensus was that they agreed with what has been written.
I think this essay was very well explained and put together with great effort. Catholic's believe Marry is very Holy and they value her since she is the mother of Jesus. If you look at other relegions that believe in God you will see that Marry doesn't get that much attetion. Great essay and relegion is one of my favorite topics.
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Religion is always a great topic...
because it so double sided. There are many areas of depth that can be added to an essay that deals with religion. But in this particular essay, there were no individual opinions. The writer should have chosen a side, and it would have created more depth, form a personal stand point. Over all it was a very good essay.
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