Roman Catholic Tradition Vs. Protestant Traditions

Roman Catholic Tradition vs Protestant Tradition Roman Catholic’s and Protestants are both Christian traditions. Because of this, both religions have a lot in common. Both are based upon the same monotheistic beliefs. Roman Catholics and Protestants also both worship the Lord, Jesus Christ, fully and truly ("Catholicism vs. Protestantism"). However, they have a lot of differences as well. They differ in aspects such as each traditions view on afterlife, the structure of the Church, authority of beliefs, saints and the virgin Mother Mary, transubstantiation and priesthood. One of the major differences between Roman Catholics and Protestants is each traditions view of saints and the virgin Mother, Mary. Catholics pray to saints and to Mary, in heaven, to ask the saints to pray to God for them. They also believe that Mary is higher than the other saints and that she is ever virgin. Protestants believe that only God and Jesus should be asked for help, therefor only they should be prayed to. As for the Virgin Mary, Protestants believe that she is not ever-virgin. They believe she was only a virgin before the birth of Jesus considering Jesus has four brothers. A second major difference between Roman Catholics and Protestants is the beliefs of the

It is said in the Nicene Creed that the Church is, “one, holy, catholic and apostolic.” Roman Catholicism is believed to be the only Catholic Church. Protestants have, not one Church but, over 34,000 different denominations that are all still considered to be Protestant. There is no overarching leader in the Protestant faith, unlike Roman Catholic’s who have the pope. Instead, each individual Protestant church has a pastor and a congregation under their guidance, this group of people make all the decisions for the church. Roman Catholic’s also have a set order of leaders; priests, deacons, bishops and cardinals, which Protestants do not