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    The document discusses the origins and theological differences between Catholicism and Protestantism that led to religious conflict. Catholicism was founded in the 1st century CE and is the largest Christian church with over 1.3 billion members worldwide. Protestantism began in the 16th century as a reaction to perceived issues with Catholic doctrines under Martin Luther, who published the 95 Theses criticizing practices like indulgences. The two religions disagree over doctrines like whether salvation comes through faith alone or good works, the role of Mary, and confession of sins to a priest versus directly to God. These theological differences have had major impacts and changed views of Christianity globally.

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    The document discusses the origins and theological differences between Catholicism and Protestantism that led to religious conflict. Catholicism was founded in the 1st century CE and is the largest Christian church with over 1.3 billion members worldwide. Protestantism began in the 16th century as a reaction to perceived issues with Catholic doctrines under Martin Luther, who published the 95 Theses criticizing practices like indulgences. The two religions disagree over doctrines like whether salvation comes through faith alone or good works, the role of Mary, and confession of sins to a priest versus directly to God. These theological differences have had major impacts and changed views of Christianity globally.

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    Emma Dean

    Mr. Nichols

    Human geography

    10 May 2020

    Protestant vs Catholicism Religious conflict

    Catholicism was founded in Judea in the first century CE by the Roman Empire. Their

    teachings began with Jesus Christ. It is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3

    billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2018. The Protestantism movement began in Northern

    Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and

    practices. 

    The conflict began when a man named Martin Luther found Catholicism to be incorrect

    as they centered their faith more around good works rather than basing it off of their personal

    relationship with God. He felt that there were many errors in the catholic doctrine in which he

    published the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and created the protestant church. Luther published the

    Ninety-five theses as a reaction against abuses in the sale of indulgences by the Roman Catholic

    Church. This led to a lot of conflict between the two religions as the Catholics were separated

    from other Christian religions. 

    The conflict between the two religions is that they highly disagree when it comes to

    doctrines and “rules” protestant Christianity is more focused on a personal relationship with God,

    while Catholicism is thoroughly based off of good works and they emphasize on Mary and feel

    that they need to worship her. Protestant Christianity does not worship Mary at all, as we just see

    her as the mother of Jesus. Catholicism also focuses more on the confession of your sins and they
    make every member confess their sins to the pope, rather than to God. This is a huge conflict

    between the two because Protestant Christianity follows straight from the Bible and believes that

    the Bible is very clear about the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and has already

    forgiven us. Protestant Christianity focuses more on the fact that we have a personal relationship

    with God and we are to confess our sins to him, rather than another human being. The conflict

    between the two has made a huge impact in our world in many ways. They both have changed

    the way people view Christianity.

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