Topic > Compare and Contrast Catholicism and Christianity

Catholics believe that the Roman Catholic Church is the highest-ranking authority on earth and that the word of God is spoken through the Pope. Christians on the other hand have different interpretations of the Bible, they are willing to accept and reject individual teachings of the Bible. The key to salvation is baptism, Christians can be baptized at any time after gaining faith and faith in Christ. Catholics are usually baptized after birth. Christians, in addition to the biblical readings, also include the Gnostic gospel readings, which were excluded from the Bible during the 4th century. Catholics do not follow the Gnostic gospel, but instead rely on sacred traditions believed to have been passed down over the centuries. The place of worship between Catholics and Christians is different in the sense that Christians are conducted in a church setting or small gatherings may also be conducted in people's homes, Catholics have a more formal service with the church making up the majority of the Catholic mass . When it comes to confessing their sins, Catholics confess their sins to a priest where they have to sit down and have a face to face conversation with the priest and confess all the sins they have committed so that they can be forgiven by God, Christianity does not require of having to confess to a priest, instead all they have to do is confess to God and all their sins will be