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What did the Quakers do differently than the other religions?
Quakers rejected elaborate religious ceremonies, didn’t have official clergy and believed in spiritual equality for men and women. Quaker missionaries first arrived in America in the mid-1650s.
What are three differences between Catholics and Puritans?
Puritans emphasized severe punishment and public acknowledgement of sins, while Catholics emphasize forgiveness and private confession. Puritans rejected the Catholic beliefs in purgatory and sainthood. They also rejected elaborate vestments and the use of incense during the service.
What are the main differences between Catholicism and Protestantism?
Catholics believe that salvation to eternal life is God’s will for all people. You must believe Jesus was the son of God, receive Baptism, confess your sins, and take part in Holy Mass to obtain this. Protestants believe that salvation to eternal life is God’s will for all people.
What are 5 Quaker beliefs?
These testimonies are to integrity, equality, simplicity, community, stewardship of the Earth, and peace.
What is the difference between a Protestant and a Catholic and what does it have to do the Puritans?
Protestant vs Puritan The difference between Protestants and Puritans is that Protestants believe that words of God are true, but Puritans believe that church ministers should teach them, and they followed Baptism and believed everyone was a sinner. They had their own rules to follow.
Do Quakers believe Christmas?
Quakers do not celebrate Christian festivals such as Easter and Christmas (although Quaker families may mark Christmas as the secular festival it has largely become). They believe the events celebrated at such festivals (e.g. the resurrection and the incarnation) should be kept in mind throughout the year.
What do Catholics and Quakers have in common?
Both have deep intellectual and contemplative traditions. Both believe in putting faith in action through service. Both believe in continuing revelation. Both believe in primacy of conscience/listening to the small, still voice within. I was raised both Quaker (liberal/unprogrammed Meeting) and Catholic.
What is the difference between a Catholic Mass and a Quaker mass?
Catholic masses are highly structured while unprogrammed Quaker meetings are silent unless members/attenders are led to speak by the inner light, the still small voice of Christ (or whom or whatever) presenting a message of benefit to the wider community.
Do any Quakers experience Quaker worship?
Many Quakers, but perhaps not enough, experience Quaker worship as I did when a child as a gathered meeting, a sacred event when we were visited by the Power Greater than Ourselves who can do more than we can ask or imagine.
Can Quaker prophetic ministry enliven the Liturgy of mass?
Quaker prophetic ministry might enliven the liturgy of the Mass which is still central to Catholic worship.