A Comparison of World Religions
2017-12-25
| Religion | View of Christ | Prophets | Salvation | Scriptures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholicism | Pope, Mary, Revered Saints | Communion, Baptism, other Roman Church commandments | Apocrypha, Writings of previous church fathers, and others | ||
| Islam | Man, translated straight to heaven, no crucifixion. | Mohammed, Imam Mahdi | More good works than bad works (Sura 7:8-9) | Quran, Hadith | |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses | Man, Michael the archangel | Charles Taze Russell, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society | Being a part of their organization, faith evidenced by good works | New World Translation of the Bible, Watch Tower literature | |
| Mormonism | Man who became a God | Joseph Smith | Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost (Articles of Faith 4) | Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, others | |
| Oneness Pentecostals | Jesus is God the Father | Baptism in the Jesus’ name, speaking in tongues | |||
| Church of Christ | Result of Restoration Movement | Baptism, repentance of sin, member of a church of Christ and not of a denomination | |||
| Seventh-Day Adventists | Michael the Archangel | Ellen G. White | Passing the Investigative Judgment | Ellen G. White’s writings | |
| Judaism | A false messiah, burning in hell in excrement | Keeping the Law | Talmud, Kabbalah | ||
| Swedenborgian Church or New Church | Human manifestation of God the Father | Emanuel Swedenborg | Works, Ten Commandments | Swedenborg’s writings |