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Religion
Galileo images circa 1950: Photo by B Newman/Getty Images
The above picture was taken at a Catholic service on Ellis Island in 1950. Researchers have taken two methods to try and understand what religion is. One is that religion is a set of beliefs and the other views religion as something that a person belongs to. A third aspect that researchers have stated regarding religion is behaving. When they say behaving they mean that you participate in both public and private activities that are considered to have some degree of religious significance i.e. going to mass or praying. Two of the main religions the immigrants practiced were Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. In Roman Catholicism the doctrines are similar to those of Protestant and Orthodox Churches meaning they all believe in “God as Trinity, creation, redemption, the person and work of Jesus Christ and the place of the Holy Spirit” the only difference is the role of the Church and its sacramental theology. The traditional practices such as the Stations of the Cross, the Virgin Mary and all the saints are still important to being a devout Catholic. Protestantism is the faith and practice that came out of the Reformation movement in the 16th century. The chief original branches of Protestantism are Lutheranism, Calvinism and Anglicanism. The characteristics that make Protestantism unique are accepting that the Bible is the only source of truth and the doctrine of justification by faith only. The spirituality and worship of the Protestants put emphasis on “personal morality” and preaching and listening to sermons. The reason that there are so many sects is because there is an importance placed on the individual to interpret the scriptures for themselves.
Fraser, James W. Between Church and State. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion
Religion
Galileo images circa 1950: Photo by B Newman/Getty Images
The above picture was taken at a Catholic service on Ellis Island in 1950. Researchers have taken two methods to try and understand what religion is. One is that religion is a set of beliefs and the other views religion as something that a person belongs to. A third aspect that researchers have stated regarding religion is behaving. When they say behaving they mean that you participate in both public and private activities that are considered to have some degree of religious significance i.e. going to mass or praying. Two of the main religions the immigrants practiced were Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. In Roman Catholicism the doctrines are similar to those of Protestant and Orthodox Churches meaning they all believe in “God as Trinity, creation, redemption, the person and work of Jesus Christ and the place of the Holy Spirit” the only difference is the role of the Church and its sacramental theology. The traditional practices such as the Stations of the Cross, the Virgin Mary and all the saints are still important to being a devout Catholic. Protestantism is the faith and practice that came out of the Reformation movement in the 16th century. The chief original branches of Protestantism are Lutheranism, Calvinism and Anglicanism. The characteristics that make Protestantism unique are accepting that the Bible is the only source of truth and the doctrine of justification by faith only. The spirituality and worship of the Protestants put emphasis on “personal morality” and preaching and listening to sermons. The reason that there are so many sects is because there is an importance placed on the individual to interpret the scriptures for themselves.
Fraser, James W. Between Church and State. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion