How are cathedrals, basilicas, and churches distinguished? (Other types of church buildings as well.)?
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Hey I hope that this will help you out some, I dusted off my architecture book and looked some stuff up for ya. first of all this says that Basilica generally refers to a rectangular building that has a central section with a higher roof like a nave of a church, flanked by lower aisles on both long sides, and that early Christians adapted the form as a basis for a church design. so basilicas can be churches and were the most common church in the sixth century. And a cathedral is a church that serves as a seat of a bishop, so it's not an actual design of a church, It's just a designation given to a church that contains the seat of a bishop.\nOther christian church buildings were martyria: buildings erected for memorials to commemorate saints or sites of importance.\nBaptistery: Buildings that were often built for baptisms.\nMausoleum: building's erected to contain tombs of important people. \nSo the basilica can be a type of church and cathedral is just a designation given to some churches. I didn't list all the types of churches and ill bet there are more than I could ever learn but i hope that this will help.
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There are alot of confused people in this world. Catholicism IS a Christian denomination, just as Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, etc. are.
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Catholics ARE Christian!  Every Christian church no is an offshoot of the Catholic church.
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Dang, well first of all you have the catholics protestants and orthodox. then youcan split the orthodox in to a bunch of different gruops,I'm not sure of their names. then you have protestant denominations like 2nd and 7th day adventists, baptist luthereans methodists mormons and then thousands of non denominational churches plus many other kinds including cults like the branch davidians and the peoplebehind the jamestown massacre.
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A group of buildings.\nNot simple, but complex.\nDifficult because of many variables.\n\nSomething like that.... Good Luck!\n\nSue
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If it has a cathedral it's a city...not sure about the village/town one though.
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Here is an AWESOME website that compares different branches of Christianity (and other religions):\n\nhttp://www.religionfacts.com
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You would probably have to see exactly what each religion says about Saints. It isn't a term that belongs just to Christianity. If you are really interested in what other religions consider Saints.
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100 different churches
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The main two categories are Catholic and Protestant.  And the main difference between them is the way they interpret the Bible.  If you're serious about researching this, you'll want to speak with a Priest (Catholic) and a Pastor or Reverend (Protestant) about what each believes.  \n\nThe problem you might run into, however, is that there are so very many ways to be a Protestant.  Episcopalian, Lutheran, Baptist, Mormon, and the list goes on and on.  And there are even variations among those, like WELS Lutheran, ALC Lutheran, etc.  The main differences still being interpretation of the Bible.
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There are three levels of Holy Orders, Deacon, Priest, and Bishop.\n\nBishops are the Apostles of today. Each one leads a diocese. Special types of bishop are archbishop, cardinal, and pope (who leads the whole Church).\n\nPriests are co-workers of the bishops and can lead a parish, and celebrate the sacraments.  A special title for a priest is monsignor.\n\nDeacons assist the bishop and priests in the celebration of the Eucharist, in the distribution of Holy Communion, in assisting at and blessing marriages, in the proclamation of the Gospel and preaching, in presiding over funerals, and in dedicating themselves to the various ministries of charity.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Christianity is divided into many Churches. Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Coptic, baptist the list goes on and on. They are essentially the same thing but these are some differences in dogma, tradition and ritual. But in fact all these are just nonsense the division in Christianity was done in the sole purpose of controlling the church and that means money and power.
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There are letters which were written to the 7 churches..... There are a couple of those churches where he is mentioned.... Yes... is your answer.....\n\nYou must also keep in mind, that the churches are not particularly "buildings".... the structure of the churches are made up of people......\n\n\nyour sister,\nGinger
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Medieval European society was largely dominated by Christianity, mainly starting through the monasteries.  The monasteries served as a repository and place of learning, and as missionaries to the barbarian tribes.  They were also critical to early development of the economy, serving as a form of bank and focal point for the development of towns, and as safe places for merchants and travelers to stay on their journeys.\n\nLater on the Church was well integrated into the feudal system that controlled society for close to a thousand years.  Almost all of the art, and most of the architecture, was religious in nature.  The development of the university grew out of the seminary system.\n\nThe Church also supported the civil government by approving of various Kings and leaders.  The civil government in turn promised to protect the Church.\n\nBasically there is no part of medieval society that wasn't significantly affected by christianity.
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Here is a website that has some pretty detailed info on different denominations. \nhttp://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/denominations_practices.htm\nI thought it was pretty accurate from what (little) I know of different denominations. \n\nHope that helps!
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Catholic churches are governed by Dioceses or Archdioceses.  Several churches in the same geographical area are "governed" by a specific arch/diocese.
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Roman Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity.\n\nArguably, a religion *is* a way to come to God.