# Catholic and Restorationist: a Diptych comparison Schema version 1.0. The Diptych displays; it does not score, rank, or adjudicate. ## 1. In its own words ### Catholic The Catholic Church is the largest single body in Christianity. It understands itself as the continuing church of the apostles, governed by bishops in communion with the Pope, and it carries the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches within one communion. - [Catholic](/tree/catholic) ### Restorationist Restorationist bodies hold that the historic church fell away and that the primitive church must be restored whole rather than reformed in part. The family runs from the Churches of Christ to the Latter Day Saint movement, whose self-identification as Christian this site records as the movement states it. - [Restorationist](/tree/restorationist) ## 2. Scale and spread ### Catholic The Catholic Church counts about 1.38 billion baptized members, close to half of all Christians, organized in more than 3,000 dioceses. The largest populations stand in Latin America, Europe, and Africa, and the church is the largest single Christian body in the world. - [Catholic](/tree/catholic) ### Restorationist The Restorationist family is a family of bodies rather than one church: the Churches of Christ count about two million members in the United States, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) about 350,000, and the Latter Day Saint movement's largest church reports more than 17 million members worldwide. - [Restorationist](/tree/restorationist) ## 3. Historical timeline ### Catholic - [The christian timeline](/history/christian) - [Council of Jerusalem](/history/events/council-of-jerusalem) - [First Council of Nicaea](/history/events/first-council-of-nicaea) - [Athanasius' 39th Festal Letter](/history/events/athanasius-39th-festal-letter) - [First Council of Constantinople](/history/events/first-council-of-constantinople) - [Council of Ephesus](/history/events/council-of-ephesus) - [Council of Chalcedon](/history/events/council-of-chalcedon) ### Restorationist - [The christian timeline](/history/christian) - [The Cane Ridge Revival](/history/events/the-cane-ridge-revival) - [The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery](/history/events/the-last-will-and-testament-of-the-springfield-presbytery) - [Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address](/history/events/thomas-campbells-declaration-and-address) - [Alexander Campbell Begins The Christian Baptist](/history/events/alexander-campbell-begins-the-christian-baptist) - [The Stone and Campbell Movements Unite](/history/events/the-stone-and-campbell-movements-unite) - [The American Christian Missionary Society Organized](/history/events/the-american-christian-missionary-society-organized) ## 4. Sources of authority ### Catholic - [New Catholic Dictionary (1910)](/dictionaries/new-catholic-dictionary) - [The Catholic Encyclopedia (1914)](/dictionaries/catholic-encyclopedia) - [CatholicCulture.org Library](/dictionaries/catholic-culture) - [Hail Mary](/prayers-and-creeds/hail-mary) - [Glory Be (Gloria Patri)](/prayers-and-creeds/glory-be) - [Prayers of the Rosary](/prayers-and-creeds/rosary-prayers) ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 5. Ultimate reality ### Catholic - [The Catholic World View](/world-views/the-catholic-world-view) ### Restorationist - [Adventism](/world-views/adventism) ## 6. The human person ### Catholic - [The Catholic World View](/world-views/the-catholic-world-view) ### Restorationist - [Adventism](/world-views/adventism) ## 7. Problem and solution ### Catholic - [The Catholic World View](/world-views/the-catholic-world-view) ### Restorationist - [Adventism](/world-views/adventism) ## 8. Ethics and hard cases ### Catholic - [The Catholic World View](/world-views/the-catholic-world-view) ### Restorationist - [Adventism](/world-views/adventism) ## 9. Practice and devotion ### Catholic - [The Rosary](/devotion/the-rosary) - [Stations of the Cross](/devotion/stations-of-the-cross) - [Novena](/devotion/novena) - [Hail Mary](/prayers-and-creeds/hail-mary) - [Glory Be (Gloria Patri)](/prayers-and-creeds/glory-be) - [Prayers of the Rosary](/prayers-and-creeds/rosary-prayers) ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 10. Community and governance ### Catholic - [Catholic](/church/catholic) ### Restorationist - [Restorationist](/church/restorationist) ## 11. Art and material culture ### Catholic - [The Good Shepherd of the Catacombs](/art/entries/catacomb-good-shepherd) - [Hagia Sophia](/art/entries/hagia-sophia) ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 12. Science and technology posture ### Catholic - [Patristic](/science/eras/patristic) - [Medieval European](/science/eras/medieval-european) - [Renaissance and Reformation](/science/eras/renaissance-and-reformation) - [Catholic](/science/traditions/catholic) - [Heliocentric astronomy](/science/technologies/heliocentric-astronomy) - [The telescope](/science/technologies/telescope) - [Evolution by natural selection](/science/technologies/evolution-by-natural-selection) - [Artificial intelligence and human dignity](/science/flashpoints/ai-and-human-dignity) ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 13. Internal diversity ### Catholic - [Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity](/tree/pentecostal-and-charismatic) - [The Latin Church](/tree/the-latin-church) - [The Eastern Catholic Churches](/tree/the-eastern-catholic-churches) ### Restorationist - [Latter Day Saint Movement](/tree/latter-day-saint) - [Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)](/tree/christian-church-disciples-of-christ) - [Churches of Christ](/tree/churches-of-christ) - [Community of Christ](/tree/community-of-christ) - [Independent Christian Churches](/tree/independent-christian-churches) - [Jehovah's Witnesses](/tree/jehovah-s-witnesses) ## 14. Contributions ### Catholic Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ## 15. Internal critique ### Catholic Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ## 16. External critique and reply ### Catholic Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ## 17. Contested history ### Catholic - [East-West Schism](/tree/schisms/east-west-schism) - [Protestant Reformation](/tree/schisms/protestant-reformation) - [English Reformation](/tree/schisms/english-reformation) ### Restorationist - [The Restoration Movement](/tree/schisms/restoration-movement) ## 18. What each says about the other ### Catholic Coverage: not documented. This slot renders only when both directions stand populated and reviewed. ### Restorationist Coverage: not documented. This slot renders only when both directions stand populated and reviewed. ## 19. What this comparison cannot settle ### Catholic This comparison sets two self-descriptions side by side; it does not decide between them. A tradition is a living range of positions, and each panel renders the range this site has documented, which is not the whole of the tradition. Where a cell is marked not yet documented, the gap belongs to this site's documentation, not to the tradition. Questions of truth between the panels turn on premises the reader brings: what counts as evidence, what authority is recognized, and what a human life is for. The instrument does not score, rank, or adjudicate. ### Restorationist This comparison sets two self-descriptions side by side; it does not decide between them. A tradition is a living range of positions, and each panel renders the range this site has documented, which is not the whole of the tradition. Where a cell is marked not yet documented, the gap belongs to this site's documentation, not to the tradition. Questions of truth between the panels turn on premises the reader brings: what counts as evidence, what authority is recognized, and what a human life is for. The instrument does not score, rank, or adjudicate. ## 20. Sources ### Catholic - [Catholic](/tree/catholic) ### Restorationist - [Restorationist](/tree/restorationist) ## Sources - Catholic: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992). - Catholic: Thomas P. Rausch, Towards a Truly Catholic Church (2005). - Restorationist: Alexander Campbell, The Christian System (1835). - Restorationist: Richard T. Hughes, Reviving the Ancient Faith (1996).