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World Religions
Pontiff succession
• Atheist, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, Muslim,
Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Apostolic,
Buddhism, Hinduism, Methodist, Orthodox,
Adventists, Jehovah Witness, Pentecostal,
Roman Catholic, Ancient Greek Pantheon,
• Atheist, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhism, Hinduism,
• CHRISTIAN GROUPS
– Baptist, Lutheran, (Roman) Catholic, Apostolic,
Adventists, Orthodox, Jehovah Witness,
Methodists, Pentecostal, Non-denominational,
How many people in the world?
How many people in the world?
• A little over 7 billion
What Percent are Americans?
(About 4.5 percent)
Americans
everyone else
• Wow that’s a lot, but lets look at china.
What Percent are Chinese?
(About 24.3 percent)
Chinese
everyone else
(About 4.5 percent)
Americans
(About 24.3 percent)
Chinese
everyone else
everyone else
• Try to understand that the world is bigger than
the USA.
What are the worlds biggest religions?
• Please understand that the rest of the world
groups all Christians into one group.
• That means that
– Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans,
Mormons, etc. etc. are all considered Christian
If you look a little further at
Christianity
Percent of Christians
Catholic 1.1 billion
Orthodox 200 million
Protestantism 800 million
• As you can see Catholicism (Catholics) make up
over half of all Christians.
• The Catholic Church is the biggest church in the
world.
• Its leader (on earth) is the Pope.
• He is usually an old dude.
• Traditional Catholic beliefs are that the Pope
communicates with God and can adjust the
beliefs of the masses of people who follow the
Catholic religion
Who is the Pope?
• The word “Pope” is a word that means
“Father”
• The position has been around for over a
thousand years.
• Catholics believe that the first pope was St.
Peter. Yes.. Peter from the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church
• The Pope and the Catholic Religion became
extremely important in Europe and therefore
the rest of the world after the Roman/Greek
Empire abandoned all of the Roman Gods like
Zeus/Jupiter and became a Catholic Country.
• Instantly everyone in Rome’s vast empire
technically became a Catholic, (although some
would disagree)
Martin Luther
• Until Martin Luther began the Protestant
reformation, the Catholic Church had held a
near monopoly on the Christian faith. (for
nearly 1300 years)
How does a new Pope get chosen
• Under present Catholic law, the pope is
elected by the cardinal electors, (those
cardinals who are under the age of 80.)