Christianity Practices
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- Christianity Practices
- Forms of worship
- Liturgical
- Catholic, Anglican or Orthodox Churches.
- Services follow a liturgy (pattern) and have set prayers, responses and are very structured: eg the Catholic Mass which follows the Missal.
- Jesus taught disciples how to pray with the Lord’s prayer and liturgical services use a prayer book.
- Seen as taking it seriously and upholding familiar traditions which makes people feel secure and at ease.
- Non liturgical
- flexible, no set pattern. EG Quakers. May sit in silence and speak when they feel inspired.
- Other Churches might still have a general structure eg a sermon, prayer and Bible reading but the leader has free choice over what to include.
- Do not have Mass service. Jesus warned against doing things “for show.” These services tend to be Bible based.
- Prayers usually use the leader or followers own words – these are known as extemporary prayers. They may believe that liturgy stifles genuine acts of worship.
- Informal
- Charismatic worship guided by Holy Spirit.
- Followers feel inspired to clap, sing, chant and believe they are filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Popular in Evangelical Churches.
- Private
- Some
Christians may pray before a meal with their families.
- They may give informal prayers eg prayers of thanksgiving or supplication or reciting the Lord’s Prayer before a meal.
- Many Christians might pray before bed or when they are personally struggling.
- EG they may make a prayer of supplication to get help for a sick friend
- Some might meditate to focus on an image of Jesus, a candle or a passage from the Bible.
- Some might invite Bible study groups in to their home and read and discuss teachings from the Bible
- Some
Christians may pray before a meal with their families.
- Liturgical
- The use of the Bible in worship
- During
Liturgical services a priest may read from the Bible. There are set readings
for set times of the year.
- EG At Easter the narrative of Jesus’ crucifixion.
- In Catholic Churches Latin versions are used. The ‘Our Father’ is a set prayer is taken from the Bible and read during Church services.
- During non-liturgical worship readings will be given but these may be based on current events, the wishes of the congregation or be chosen and read by a ‘lay’ person.
- The Bible might be used in private worship. People may go to a study club to talk about chapters they have read or pick teachings relevant to their lives and read them.
- During
Liturgical services a priest may read from the Bible. There are set readings
for set times of the year.
- Prayer
- Informal
- A prayer which is not set in the Bible or Liturgy.
- Private prayer is often informal and uses the worshippers own words.
- They may pray for forgiveness, to confess a sin, to ask for help for themselves or others (supplication)
- Set
- Jesus taught the set prayer of the lord’s prayer in which we learn about God, heaven and forgiveness.
- There are other set prayers from the Bible and in liturgy.
- Informal
- Sacraments
- Protestants usually only recognise the sacraments of baptism and Eucharist as they are authorised by Jesus and found in the Bible.
- Sacraments are seen as important by most Christians because
they are gifts of God’s grace and rites of passage offered by God at
significant points throughout a believer’s life.
- They allow you to grow closer to God on your spiritual journey and fully accept the Holy Spirit in to your life. You can share outward signs of your inner faith through sacraments.
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- Catholics recognise 7 sacraments: the protestant two and 5 others including marriage (rings symbolise endless love) and confirmation (laying of the hands by the bishop to symbolise the person becoming an adult member of the Church).
- Some,
like Quakers and the Salvation Army reject all sacraments.
- They claim there is no reference to most of them in the Bible and that Jesus didn’t intend for baptism or Eucharist to be followed by ALL Christians, only by those he was talking to at the time.
- They believe that God speaks directly to the believer’s heart and there is no need for a ‘go-between’ of symbol or ritual which might distract from true religion.
- They claim there is no reference to most of them in the Bible and that Jesus didn’t intend for baptism or Eucharist to be followed by ALL Christians, only by those he was talking to at the time.
- Forms of worship
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