What does catholic "mass" mean? Where does the word originate?
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Main Entry: 1mass \nPronunciation: 'mas\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: Middle English, from Old English mæsse, modification of (assumed) Vulgar Latin messa, literally, dismissal at the end of a religious service, from Late Latin missa, from Latin, feminine of missus, past participle of mittere to send\n1 capitalized : the liturgy of the Eucharist especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite\n2 often capitalized : a celebration of the Eucharist <Sunday masses held at three different hours>\n3 : a musical setting for the ordinary of the Mass
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Splinterjah (sp?) has no idea what he is talking about. Not to be mean of course, but he doesn't. Catholicism does differ from the mainstream Christian denominations, but it doesn't teach anything false. Catholics do NOT at ALL worship Mary, or any of the other saints. That is just a popular belief that is spread by ingnorant people who really have no idea what Catholicism is. That kinda thing has been going on since the 1500's. Catholics ask Mary and the saints to pray FOR US, just like it says to in the bible. We belive that the during the Eucharistic celebration (communion) the bread and wine really do turn into Jesus, which it also says in the bible. \n\nI don't think anyone in the world has ever prayed to the pope. We might have prayed FOR the pope, but never to him. Thats just ridiculous. The bible (in Matthew) talks about how Jesus gave Peter (the first pope) the "keys to the kingdom" and how what ever Peters says on earth (in reference to religious/moral doctrines) will make a binding compact with heaven. In other words, that means he is infallible, because if it binds with the law of heaven (God), then it has to be infallible, because if God wasn't infallible, the world would cease to be. \n\nAfter Jesus rose back from the dead, The Catholic Church started. JESUS himself started the Catholic Church. Someone said something about the bible saying something about "Christians in Antioch". Well DUH. Who do you think they were? Batists? Methodists? I doubt it, since they (or any other Protestant denomination) didn't come into existance until 1547 (I think thats the right year). Therefore, they must have been Catholics. \n\nIf the Pope is infallible, then that means everything he says and preaches is true (religious-wise) because he is filled with the Holy Spirit, and was given authority by Jesus himself. That means that Catholic doctrine is always in accordance with God in Heaven. \n\nThe bible also says to confess your sins to one another (preists). It never ever says "hey! Don't confess your sins to anybody, and make sure you never go into a thing called a confessional. And also make sure you never follow any kind of tradition, or listen to anything that a holy man says even if he is given authority by Jesus. And definately make sure you don't ask ANYBODY to pray for you, otherwise its a sin, and yes, that does include Mary and the saints."\n\nIt never says anything of the sort. And if anybody tries to prove that different by quoting from the bibe, then they are wrong. You can't just take random verses from the bible with out first looking at the context of which it is taken from. Thats a mistake that everybody makes when trying to refute the Catholic doctrine. \n\nAnd the main that I would say the Protestant churches do that is false is try to prove Catholicism wrong. \n\nBut anyways, I diverge. There is nothing wrong with going to a Catholic Highschool. You already know what you belive in, so it doesn't matter. Of course, you should be open minded. And remember, everyone is going to answer differently in Yahoo!Answers. So my advice to you is to not take ANYBODY'S word for ANYTHING on here. Reasearch all of it for yourself, and make sure that you don't get all of your information from a single biased perspective, which is what I, and everyone else is giving you. \n\nHighschool is highschool. Its all about getting your education, and you shouldn't be worried about anything else. \n\nAnd for the record, there is NO difference between Catholicism and Christianity. There are only differences between the different denominations of Christianity.
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.Roman catholic.\nIt means: God's will be done.
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Catholic Church (Catholicism) was first referred to in a letter in 107 A.D. by St Ignatius.\n\nThe Church of England traces its roots to 597 A.D.
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Catholics think Mary was born without sin, which is different than most other Christians.  That's the only real difference.  \n\nAlso mary is hugely popular in many countries especially spanish-speaking countries.
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Catholicism is a religion of idol worship.  The Bible does not support worshipping or praying to Mary.  She was a human being like all of us.
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:}\nthe term is Latin and means "Vicar of the Son of God." the fact that it has numerological equivalent of 666 has been made much of.\nIt was apparently a title applied to Peter, but to no subsequent pope, who were referred to as vicars of peter.\n\nAnti catholic interest have made much of the numerical equivalent.
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This was taken from Anu Garg's A Word of the Day e-mail.\n\nThe word means:\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nOpposition to separation of the church and state.\n\n[From Latin anti- (against) + dis- (apart, away) + English establish,\nfrom\nLatin stabilire, from stare (to stand) + -arian (one who supports) +\nGreek\n-ism (practice or state).]\n\nAt 28 letters, it's the best-known example of a long word. Here's how you can parse the word: one of the meanings of the word establishment is making a church an institution of the state. In the late 19th century England, there was a movement for the separation of the church and state:  disestablishment.  Those opposed to the idea of separation were antidisestablishmentarians.\n\nYou can see where it's going. Why not a\ncontraantidisestablishmentarianism?
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Like the answerer above me, I too went through the RCIA and none of my immediate family is Catholic. In fact, my mother is still very much against religion and against Christianity in particular.\n\nIf you are baptized, confirmed, and believe in the authority given by Jesus to the Church, and to the office of the Pope in particular, and therefore fully accept all dogma and doctrine that the Magisterium of the Church teaches then you are a true Catholic.\n\nCatholic means universal. So Catholic Church means universal Church. To be Catholic means being of one mind and one faith in communion with the Church which is the body of Christ. \n\nIf one insists on following their own individual beliefs apart from the dogma or doctrine of the Church then they are not Catholic because they are isolating themselves from the universal family of the Church. They are not universal, so they are not Catholic.
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Not a good translation - thats why catholics like to use it :)
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The New American Bible is the version used in Catholic Churches in the United States. It might be convenient to read the same words that you hear at Mass.
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There are times during the Mass when I intensely feel God's presence.  Sometimes it is during the homily.  Sometimes it is at consecration.  Sometimes it is a crying child.  Sometimes I see it in someone receiving communion.  The whole Mass is a prayer.  God reveals himself in every instant and in every person.  The most common time, for me however, would be during the consecration, especially when the priest says, "this is my body GIVEN UP FOR YOU" and "do this in memory of ME".  The command to celebrate in Christ's memory seems like such a human thing for God to desire.
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The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are:\n\n    * re-reading--from Latin re (again) + legio (read), referring to the repetition of scripture.\n    * treating carefully--from Latin relegere (Cicero's interpretation) 'to go over again' or to carefully ponder.\n    * re-connection to the divine--from Latin re (again) + ligare (to connect, as in English ligament). This interpretation is favoured by modern scholars such as Tom Harpur, but probably originated with St. Augustine.\n    * to bind or return to bondage--an alternate interpretation of the "reconnection" etymology, possibly also originating with Augustine but emphasising a sense of servitude to God. However, the bondage interpretation, while popular with critics of religion, is often considered imprecise and possibly offensive in many modern religious contexts.\n    * concerning a gathering--from Latin ablative res (with regard to) + legere (to gather). More emphatically, religion concerns an organization.\n\nDespite the variety of possible etymologies, what is clear about the word "religion" is that its religious connotations (in the sense of denoting gods, morality, afterlife, etc.) were not a part of the term's Latin precursors — suggesting that today's common understanding of such terms as religion, religious, and religions may be peculiarly modern, notably Euro-based words and concepts.
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Most terms that I know come from the French or Itallian Languages, and these are considered to be descendants of the Latin language. However the following are quoted as Latin terms from the Glossary of Terms on John Packer's website.\n\nA Capella-without music\n\nAdlibitum- adlibitum (Lat. "at pleasure") \nDetails of execution left to the discretion of the performer \n \nars nova- Latin term, meaning "new art", used for the new style of fourteen-century French and Italian music\n\ncantus firmus-A Latin term, meaning "fixed song", used for a borrowed melody on which composers from the late Middle Ages onwards based polyphonic compositions. PLAINCHANT or other MELODY used as a basis for a POLYPHONIC composition.
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Though I would disagree with the statement as written, what it means is as follows:\n\nDuring a period of church history known as The Protestant Reformation, the Lutheran Church as we know it broke away from The Roman Catholic Church.  A fellow by the name of Martin Luther (not to be confused with the more recent activist Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.) had famously nailed 95 theses to the door of the church.  These theses were intellectual challenges of certain church practices and dogma.  While this may sound like a bold move, in truth there was little all that flamboyant about it.  Church doors in that place and time were also used as community bulletin boards and many people nailed notices and documents to them the way we post bills in urban areas today.  The 95 theses were little more than 95 topics of discussion for debate he'd hoped to bring attention to.  Martin Luther never had the notion of beginning a new form of the Christian religion.\n\nPerhaps the most noteworthy of the questions dealt with the then Roman Catholic Church practice of selling indulgences.  This was a transitive notion that depending on where one was either got enforced as an abuse to a large degree or got used as a quick little means of acceptance.  That's to say that people who paid the church money got absolution for sins from clergy right away, something Roman Catholics believe is necessary to enter the kingdom of heaven.  It was a practice that dated back hundreds of years in different forms and that segregated those who could pay from those who could not as if sin was a matter of barter.  Martin Luther wished to debate the practice, perhaps even eliminate it.\n\nWell, having gone so strictly against church policy, the simple questions turned into a grandiose argument that sent ripples through the Christian world without end.  The church was just too powerful to fight.  Martin Luther received the brunt of the fallout.  However, it wasn't until an almost unrelated incident, years later, when a reigning Pope excommunicated the entire nation of Germany from the church, that the people there rose up and basically said, "Hey, we don't need your church, we can follow the teachings of this guy over here, Martin Luther."  All of a sudden Luther's questions and assertions had followers.  They built their own churches, patterned after what they knew from Roman Catholicism.  They acquired their own clergy and a few practices that differed slightly from RC but ultimately fell in line with what Martin Luther had pointed out.  Though not the Protestant religion, Lutherans had much to do with the protestant movement (Protestant Reformation), a second schism away from the church after the Great Schism had divided the RC church into Eastern and Western centuries earlier..\n\nAttending a Lutheran church ceremony differs little from a Roman Catholic ceremony in the same season.  There are usually fewer images of Christ and saints, prefering a simple cross and a greater focus on the WORD.  Roman Catholics recognize seven practices as sacraments while Lutherans recognize only five.  Many of the songs are exactly the same, but sung to different tunes.  The Lutheran hierarchy goes up to bishops or so while the Roman Catholic hierarchy extends all the way to the Pope.  Lutheran churches tend to be a little smaller.  Roman Catholics traditionally go to Confession in a dark and quiet private booth called a Confessional while Lutherans tend to simply confess all their sins in a single, common sentence during part of the ceremony.  Both believe in pretty much the same versions of Christ's story and both have similar formats of services.  There’s an academic question over transubstantiation, but one of little note to a person practicing neither religion.\n\nIn recent years, post Vatican II, the similarities between the two have gotten even closer to the naked eye.  That's to say that the Roman Catholic Church has extended c
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I personally never liked that phrase.  \n\nI think that there are people who consider themselves "Good Catholics" who haven't the slightest idea of what Catholicism or life for that matter is all about.  I believe in questioning.  I believe in doing for others.  \n\nJust because you go to church doesn't make you a good anything.  That's like saying because I go to the garage I'm a good car. That's dumb.  Right?  \n\nI don't think you are a bad Catholic.  I think you have to find what's right for you. I think that the only way to find your faith is to understand it.  To live a while and try to understand what it is all about. \n\nThere are "church going Christians" who smoke weed, sleep around, who are hate-filled individuals pretending to do good while they neglect to do good for others.  I sincerely believe we were all put here to love one another and help each other.  \n\nYeah, I sound like a peace loving, tree-hugging hippie, but you know, Jesus always preached LOVE as being the greatest commandment. I have a feeling he wouldn't have a problem with my point of view.  \n\n "Good Catholic"...a good Catholic, if you have to define it is one who LIVES faith through action--in respecting and giving dignity to others and loving unconditionally even if someone royally deserves a kick in the nuts and or boobs.  You do your best.  No judging.  No hating.  Just being.  \n\nNo, dude.  You aren't a BAD Catholic. You're just trying to figure it all out like the rest of us. \n\nPeace,\n\nMelissa.
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As far as I know, it was invented by Martin Luther during the 1500's.  When he posted his Thesis against the Catholic Church, he used it to get the Word of God into the hands of the common people.