{"id":58682,"date":"2026-09-30T14:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=58682"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:40:08","slug":"catholic-vs-methodist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/catholic-vs-methodist\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u062b\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629: \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u064a\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641 \u0648\u0631\u062b\u0629 \u062c\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u064a\u0633\u0644\u064a \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0646\u064a\u0633\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Methodists are Protestants, not Catholics. Both are Christian churches that confess the Trinity, baptize infants and prize a holy life. They part on authority and the sacraments: Catholics have a pope, seven sacraments and transubstantiation, while Methodists have elected bishops, two sacraments and a real but spiritual presence of Christ at Communion. &quot;Methodist&quot; here means two of the largest Methodist bodies in the United States. The United Methodist Church (UMC) reports about 11.3 million members worldwide. The Global Methodist Church\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Methodists are Protestants: two sacraments, elected bishops and no pope. Where they differ from Catholics on Communion, salvation, Mary and marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-58682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3922,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/lutheranism-vs-methodism-differences\/","url_meta":{"origin":58682,"position":0},"title":"Lutheran vs Methodist: Free Will, Baptism and Communion","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Lutherans and Methodists baptize infants and share full communion (ELCA and UMC). 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