The Roman Catholic Church

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and fifty thousand converts enter each year in the United States� (Catholic Answers). From what I can see the Roman Catholic Religion will continue to grow and prosper. It is a well-established religion that has been around for many years. It can be found in many different places all over the world and has many followers.
Jesus Christ is the focal symbol of the Roman Catholics. Without Jesus Christ the religion could not exist, he holds the religion together and is the master symbol. This group also has many general symbols that are also shared by many of the other religions. Some of those symbols shared are the circle, the cross, the earth, fire and water. The circle represents completeness, eternity, and wholeness, and can be seen in the wedding rings. The earth represents fertility, the water represents cleansing, regeneration and rebirth. This can be seen in the Catholic religion during the baptismal. Another symbol that is used by Christians is the symbol of a ...

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churches always have a cross at the top of their buildings.
Roman Catholics observe several sacred days and times. They also have several sacred places. Some of the sacred days they observe are Christmas, Passover and Easter. Christmas is the day of the birth of Christ, Passover and Easter, which are the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Roman Catholics respect Jerusalem and it is seen as the �Holy Land�. Roman Catholics also have great respect to their parishes because that is their place of worship. Rome is also very respected because that is where the pope and The Vatican are located.
Roman Catholics may have several psychological motives to become members and part of ...

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