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I deleted this text someone added because it is incorrect and poorly written:
:While number of members seems impresive at first, it has to be considered that it includes everyone who was christen as a newborn baby. Actual number of members is not bigger (probably less) than half of the claimed number. Catholicism is also certainly not an oldest branch. It's roots are in early medieval times (some Asian churches are much older), and the most important dogmas differentiating Catholicism from other branches of [[:Christianity|Christianity]], like [[:Pope|Pope]]'s supremacy over general council of bishops, and [[:Assuption of Mary|Assuption of Mary]] were passed in XIX and XX centuries.
The author that added this also deleted claims of Catholicism being oldest and largest branch; I think it is the largest and one of the oldest (though I would Eastern Orthodoxy are equally old); but I haven't put that back in because maybe it is incorrect -- [[User:Simon J Kissane|Simon J Kissane]]
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Isn't this a gross oversimplification? <i> Protestants believe that salvation is by faith alone, while Catholics believe that salvation is by faith and works. </i>
:It's a gross simplification of both positions. The two groups are much closer to each other on this issue than they once thought, and such a simplification masks a lot of diversity on the Protestant side on this issue. [[User:ClaudeMuncey]]
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About celibacy:
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