Ok those of you that have been on my few threads I have posted you caught me I need to work on my punctuation. But on the same note when asking about religious comparisons between religions under the scope of Christendom (weather you consider them to be Christian or not is irrelevant for all purposes right now) what is up with people making nonsensical comparisons between the Catholic Church, Mormons, and JWs for those of you on here that are honest and have any idea what any of these groups teach you would be 100% aware all 3 of these groups share very little theology in common. When a question is asked about Catholic/protestant relations and someone makes some obscure nonsense comparison between Catholics and JWs I would like to know your true intentions of doing that.
Catholic Church
1 God=Holy Trinity Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Scriptures=Bible including deuterocanonicals from Greek Septuagint translation includes books of Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch
authority comes equally from sacred scripture and sacred tradition
salvation comes from a life striving for holiness by living a life of faith by doing good works and staying faithful to the 7 sacraments (baptism, Eucharist, confirmation, confession, matrimony, holy orders, last rites)
Jesus Christ=God incarnate prophesized Hebrew messiah second person of the Holy Trinity
Jehovah's Witnesses
1 God=unity
scriptures=Bible specifically New World Translation which uses a 66 book cannon as well as Watchtower Society magazines such as Awake! and Watchtower
authority comes from New World Translation of Bible and Watchtower Society
salvation comes from membership with the Jehovah's Witnesses
Jesus Christ=St. Michael the Archangel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints(Mormons)
infinite number of Gods believe in a multiverse system with at least one God for each universe our universe has at least 4 separate God's who all were at one point man either in this life or another Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Mother, Joseph Smith(possibly)
Scriptures King James Bible, The Book of Mormon, Doctrines and Covenants, The Pearl of Great Price
authority comes from scriptures and "the prophet"
salvation Mormons have a complex view on salvation their concept of Hell is more similar to Purgatory in Catholicism than an eternal Hell they believe in a form of universalism to an extent but the most devout male Mormons will become creator Gods of their own universe the females who are married to these men in temple binding ceremonies will be their eternal heavenly wives
Jesus Christ= a man who became a God through good works
Catholic Church
1 God=Holy Trinity Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Scriptures=Bible including deuterocanonicals from Greek Septuagint translation includes books of Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch
authority comes equally from sacred scripture and sacred tradition
salvation comes from a life striving for holiness by living a life of faith by doing good works and staying faithful to the 7 sacraments (baptism, Eucharist, confirmation, confession, matrimony, holy orders, last rites)
Jesus Christ=God incarnate prophesized Hebrew messiah second person of the Holy Trinity
Jehovah's Witnesses
1 God=unity
scriptures=Bible specifically New World Translation which uses a 66 book cannon as well as Watchtower Society magazines such as Awake! and Watchtower
authority comes from New World Translation of Bible and Watchtower Society
salvation comes from membership with the Jehovah's Witnesses
Jesus Christ=St. Michael the Archangel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints(Mormons)
infinite number of Gods believe in a multiverse system with at least one God for each universe our universe has at least 4 separate God's who all were at one point man either in this life or another Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Mother, Joseph Smith(possibly)
Scriptures King James Bible, The Book of Mormon, Doctrines and Covenants, The Pearl of Great Price
authority comes from scriptures and "the prophet"
salvation Mormons have a complex view on salvation their concept of Hell is more similar to Purgatory in Catholicism than an eternal Hell they believe in a form of universalism to an extent but the most devout male Mormons will become creator Gods of their own universe the females who are married to these men in temple binding ceremonies will be their eternal heavenly wives
Jesus Christ= a man who became a God through good works