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The One True Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Christ Jesus

          The Nicene Creed
          I believe in one God,
          the Father almighty,
          maker of heaven and earth,
          of all things visible and invisible.
+10 One God
          I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
          the Only Begotten Son of God,
          born of the Father before all ages.
+10 Christ Jesus
          God from God, Light from Light,
          true God from true God,
          begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
          through him all things were made.
+ 1 Consubstantial with the Father
          For us men and for our salvation
          he came down from heaven,
+ 1 For our salvation
           and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
          and became man.
+ 1 Virgin Birth
           For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
          he suffered death and was buried,
          and rose again on the third day
          in accordance with the Scriptures.
+10 Suffered, Died and Rose
          He ascended into heaven
          and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
+ 1 Ascended, Seated
           He will come again in glory
          to judge the living and the dead
          and his kingdom will have no end.
+10 Come Again in Glory to Judge
          I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
          who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
          who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
          who has spoken through the prophets.
+10 Holy Trinity
          I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
+10 One Visible Church
          I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
+ 1 One Baptism
          and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
          and the life of the world to come.
+10 Resurrection of the Dead

          The Ten Commandments:
          1. I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
          2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
          3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
          4. Honor your father and your mother.
          5. You shall not murder.
          6. You shall not commit adultery.
          7. You shall not steal.
          8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
          9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
          10.You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
+10 The Ten Commandments

          The Greatest Commandment
          1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength
          2. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
+ 2 The Greatest Commnadments

          The Seven Sacraments Catholic Church:
          1. Baptism.
          2. Eucharist.
          3. Confirmation.
          4. Reconciliation.
          5. Anointing of the sick.
          6. Marriage.(XY+XX)
          7. Holy orders.
+ 7 The Seven Sacraments

          The Precepts of the Catholic Church:
          1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor.
          2. You shall confess your sins at least once a year.
          3. You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season.
          4. You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church.
          5. You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.
+ 5 The Precepts

          The seven chief corporal works of mercy:
          1. To feed the hungry.
          2. To give drink to the thirsty.
          3. To clothe the naked.
          4. To visit the imprisoned.
          5. To shelter the homeless.
          6. To visit the sick.
          7. To bury the dead.
+ 7 Corporal Works

          The seven chief spiritual works of mercy:
          1. To admonish the sinner.
          2. To instruct the ignorant.
          3. To counsel the doubtful.
          4. To comfort the sorrowful.
          5. To bear wrongs patiently.
          6. To forgive all injuries.
          7. To pray for the living and the dead.
+ 7 Spiritual Works

          Pro-Life - From Conception Until Natural Death
+15 Pro-Life

          _____ How Catholic am I? < 40 Stil searching? | 40-87 Good Candidate for RCIA | 88-100 Impressive | > 100 You are probably qualified to teach RCIA.

[fwdude]

The Protestant decline appears to be in mostly the apostate mainline churches. Something to note.

[marron]

Among all Protestants, 56 percent currently say they’re evangelical or born-again; that has held essentially steady since 2003, with virtually equal declines in the number who say they’re either evangelical or non-evangelical Protestants, down 7 and 6 points, respectively.

I do question this, this doesn't match exactly what I observe, or think I observe. The old mainline "High-Church" protestant denominations, which seem to be mostly apostate, are also dying. The "evangelical" or fundamentalist sects, Baptists, Pentecostals, and the whole smorgasbord of independents that fall somewhere on the continuum between these two poles, all seem to be growing and fast.

So, I wonder instead of percentages, what the raw numbers are? A large percentage of new immigration is from Catholic countries, so to see that percentage hold steady is also odd, you'd think it would also be growing if only for that reason.

What I suspect is this: "Irreligion" is a lot more acceptable than it has ever been. So where people might once have claimed to be Catholic, or Baptist, just because their families were, are more likely now to simply say "none". But people who do claim to be catholic, or evangelical, or just "Christian", are more likely to mean it than in past generations.

[metmom]

The nation’s religious makeup has shifted dramatically in the past 15 years, with a sharp drop in the number of Americans who say they’re members of a Protestant denomination – still the nation’s most prevalent religious group – and a rise in the number who profess no religion.

Membership in a church is meaningless.

You can be Christian and not a member of a church or you can be a member of a church and not be Christian.

I am certainly saved but when filling out a c0formn, I do not put down any religious affiliation besides *Christian*.

[Mom MD]

It depends how they ask the question. I am a Protestant. I am also a bit again evangelical. These are not mutually exclusive categories

[kosciusko51]

What reason do you have for me to trust an ABC poll?

[aimhigh]

The scriptures prophesy of a great falling a way before the end times.

[boatbums]

I don’t recall anyone calling me asking for my thoughts. ;o)

[Alas Babylon!]

Truly sad.

I’m sorry, Lord.

Amen

[circlecity]

There always have been and always will be exactly as many saved Christians as God wants there to be at any given moment. No more, no less.