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Three Major Traditions

• Catholicism • Orthodoxy • Protestantism Three%Major%Traditions%

CATHOLICISM!

CATHOLICISM!• Highly institutional • Strongly liturgical • Emphatically sacramental

Catholic Worship ALTAR is the focus

ORTHODOXY!

ORTHODOXY!• Apophatic in theology • Distinctively Trinitarian • Salvation by divinization • Emphasis on Tradition

Orthodox Worship ICONS are the focus

PROTESTANTISM!• Self-governance • Private/public reading of the Bible

PROTESTANTISM!

Evangelicalism • Strongly biblical • Emphasis on personal conversion • Commitment to evangelism

Protestant Worship PULPIT is the focus