For this pieces of coursework I had to visit two places of worship and write a comparison on them.

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For this pieces of coursework I had to visit two places of worship. I decided to choose two local churches in my area. I chose to take pictures of St Benedicts Catholic Church and St Andrews United Reformed Church. I picked these two as they are contrasting church to each other.

These are the questions I had to answer:

A) Visit two local Christian places of worship. Using pictures and/or diagrams, describe the main features of the buildings and the furnishings.

B) Explain the significance of these features and furnishings for the worshipper and how they reflect and assist belief

C) 'You do not need to go to a place of public worship to be a Christian.' Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view.

A) Visit two local Christian places of worship. Using pictures and/or diagrams, describe the main features of the buildings and the furnishings.

To two Christian places of worship, which I am going, to look at are St Benedict Catholic Church and St Andrews United Reformed Church which is a non-conformist church. This means that they reject the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England.

St Benedict Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic Church. This means that it has the pope as its leader. The pope lives in Rome and is Bishop of the city, this is why Roman is part of the name. Catholic literally means 'world-wide'. All churches across the globe that are in union with the pope are Roman Catholic Churches.

Catholics believe after Jesus died he made Peter the leader of the Church in Rome, and the bishops of Rome are therefore his successors.

The pope lives in the independent state of Rome, the Vatican.