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reaperfromtheabyss · 1 year ago

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Calling All Catholics!

Weird thing for a Jew to post I know I know but hear me out here.

I would like to hear from Catholics (current and ex/raised),

what do you feel separates your religion from others (both other sects of Christianity and other religions as a whole? what feels unique or specific to you/your culture/your beliefs/your church? this can be theological beliefs, practices, or even aesthetics

what things feel "inherently Catholic" or "Catholic coded" to you?

if you don't mind, would you also include what subset of Catholicism you are/were raised in (Roman, Byzantine, Irish, Opus Dei, etc)?

As you may have guessed, this is for research, and I personally only have experience with Roman Catholicism (and limited experience at that, more cultural than truly religious). I would love to hear from a larger subset of people. My family is extremely Italian Catholic but that's just one very specific version, and I don't have much/any experience with any others. I'm curious to see what the common ground is.

Reblogs/signal boosts are appreciated as I doubt I have like a SUPER broad Catholic following myself lol!

#raised Roman Catholic #currently a lets not think to hard about that now y'all #There's kinda a big three on what I at least was told were the Big Catholic things #even if I haven't really experienced other denominations to confirm #but belief in the Transubstantiation of the Eucharist is the biggest #The way Catholics do the rite of confession/penance seems to be slightly elevated from other denominations that still practice it #since it's important before partaking in the Eucharist especially before Christmas or Easter #The veneration of the saints ESPECIALLY the importance placed on Mary and prayer to her #patron saints seem to be more of a catholic tradition than wider christianity #although I want to say eastern orthodoxy has their own Thing with saints that is a little different #and most catholic churches will have at least a statue or stained glass window of Mary #if not her own vestibule or shrine off the main sanctuary or narthex #The importance placed on a set hierarchy and ritual to everything does lend a certain sense of universality to it all #like a catholic church and mass is a catholic church and mass pretty much regardless of where you go #Back to the Mary thing the Rosary is pretty Catholic-coded #oh I think Ash Wednesday at the beginning of lent is pretty much just a catholic thing #Other denominations might do advent wreathes #although I learned recently that some noncatholic advent wreathes may be VERY different from the catholic one #Not eating meat on fridays during lent is fairly unique to catholics as I understand it #so the friday fish fry (yes I know fish are meat but not on fridays during lent apparently) or spagetti dinner are common culturally #Most catholic churches I've encountered will try to have at least one mass in Latin #although that can vary by size of congregation and how many priests the parish has cause it's generally less popular #oh during mass there's a lot of standing and sitting and kneeling and standing which gets jokingly referred to as Catholic Calisthenics

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