Roman Catholicism and Rastafarianism - A Comparative Essay
The religion of Catholic Christianity was established just after the death of Jesus, near the beginning of the Common Era. Jesus, the Son of God and Messiah, was born a Jew. Early Christianity was therefore a strand of Judaism and it wasn't until later that Judaism and Christianity were separated. One of the main components of the Christian religion is the rituals that members of the church participate in such as Mass, the Sacraments and the Sign of the Cross. The structure of the church is a hierarchy, the leader of the Catholic Christianity being the Pope, supported by cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests and brothers and nuns. Christianity has many stories, such as those in the Bible, those of the Saints and the story of the history of the church.
Rastafarianism is a relatively new religious and political movement, established from the "Back to Africa" movement led by a Jamaican nationalist, Marcus Garvey, in the 1920's and 1930's.
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Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, photographed ...Garvey prophesised that a black king would be crowned in Africa and that he would be the real Messiah foretold by the Catholic Christian's Bible. Rastas believe that this was fulfilled when Ras (Prince) Tafari was crowned Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. It is interesting to compare Rastafarianism with Catholic Christianity as Haile Selassie himself was a Christian and was puzzled by Jamaican followers who attempted to worship him. All Rastafarians look forward to the spiritual return to Africa, where they will be free of oppression brought about by the white man. There is no formal structure in the Rastafari faith, as it is believe that everyone is equal.
The major difference in Rasta and Christian beliefs is that Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah and Rastafarians believe that white people tricked the...
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The author put forth a pretty good effort on this piece...but Christianity did not come out of Catholicism but, rather was preserved by it through the Dark AGes..if you recall, Christianity was started by Jesus Christ around 33A.D., upon his . The church than went through multiple persecutions and trials..but it was preserved by the perseverance of it's believers...since all the origianl works were written in Latin...than during the Dark Ages when the only educated people were the priests, they distorted Christianity...but still preserved it for the likes of Martin Luther and John Wycliffe and such to start revealing the exact truth to the common people...
So Christianity did not come out of Catholicism, but rather, was preserved by it...and I don't think that Catholics would appreciate being regarded to as non-Christian...
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