Cao Dai Case Study

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Cao Dai literally means “high tower, the place God reins.” Ngo Van Chieu, the “founder” of Caodaism once said, “That 's the reason God has founded Cao Dai, in order to bring harmony to different religions. And the principle of Cao Dai is that religions are not different and if we take enough time to study deep --deeply enough in each religion, we would see that they have one same principal, if not identical principal.” Cao Dai was founded in 1926 and is a Vietnamese religion. Chieu took part in a séance ritual and said that he received a revelation and then formed Caodaism.
How did he organize Caodaism and how many followers are there? According to Religionfacts.com, there are 2-6 million adherent followers of Caodaism. Why do they have so many followers? This could be because of the mixture of religions within Cao Dai that make most relate to the religion. So this main focus of Caodaism is to make religion not the same, but makes it able to cohere to each other. This then allowed …show more content…

On October 27, 2011 there was a meeting between Cao Dais and Catholics. The meeting was called “Together Make Peace.” According to the Official Vatican Network, the consensus of the meeting was that “all religions are lead a life of prayer, visiting religious communities, respecting differences, discovering common values of different religious traditions, serving the poor and marginalized, and working together for the common good.” There are many other dialogues, but this is the most recent gathering to find common ground between Cao Dai and Catholics.
Cao Dai is a unique religion and very diverse, but also so similar to many religions. That is what makes it one of the most interesting religions. Cao Dai may reach their goal of finding peace of all the religions. It is important to remember that all religions have two of the same principles: love and

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