Similarities And Differences In Catholicism And One World Religion

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Essay Question: “Write an essay outlining the similarities and differences in Catholicism and one world religion (Islam) in relation to the significant religious question, ‘is there life after death?’”
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“Is there life after death?” is one of the biggest religious questions asked by many out of curiosity; wanting to know whether or not it is true. Many religions believe that there is life after death such as the Catholic and Islamic Faith. They have many key beliefs that help support their “answer” towards this big question.
Some Islamic Faith key beliefs are; Judgement Day, Resurrection and Death being willed by God. Some Catholic key beliefs are; Resurrection, We are of God, Heaven, Hell and Purgatory as well …show more content…

This is shown in the Holy Bible in Old Testament, Wisdom 3:1-9 which says “But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they they have seemed to have died...their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace.” This shows that you will be judged by the way you live your life; words and deeds, as explained in the Islamic belief of Judgement Day. If you lived righteously you are to go to a peaceful safe haven, which would be heaven and if you lived opposite it is either straight to Hell or Purgatory. Purgatory is a place in between Heaven and Hell, where it is believed by Catholics is where the dead wait “for heaven” or wait to be judged. This key belief of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory is also a difference to Islamic Faith as, Islamic Faith talk only about you either judged to be in Heaven or hell, there is no in between to wait or “cleanse from …show more content…

This is demonstrated in the Rite of Committal, when the Minister or Priest will state, “We commit this body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” Again this shows the belief of being made of God, therefore each individual is believed to be born or to pass away at the Lord’s timing, as you are his and his is you. In the Funeral Liturgy, the coffin of the loved one is incensed, to show that the body inside was or is a “temple of the Holy Spirit,” which can link with God creating each and every individual’s body to have his spirit dwell within them, so that they make say and act in goodness and in a way that is pleasing to God, through the influence of his

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