What are the similarities and differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church?
• This is the most common question I received. • Catholics and Methodist are the same religion. We are both Christians. • Catholics are the largest Christian denomination. • Methodism is the third largest denomination. • The split between The Church of England and the Roman Catholic was more of a political split than a theological split. Henry 8th was excommunicated by Pope Paul 3rd in 1534. The issue was that Paul would not give Henry 8 an annulment. • In the 1700s, John Wesley, the father of Methodism, was removed from the Church of England because he preached outside the walls of church buildings. To the laborers and the coal miners. The Church of England didn’t think this was dignified and removed Wesley as a clergy. • I want you to hear something: There are more similarities than differences. Of all the Protestant denominations, United Methodists are one of the closest to the Roman Catholic Church. • We agree on probably 99% of things. • Forgiveness, Prayer, Serving, Children, the
