To compare and contrast the founding rituals and practices with twentieth century rituals and practices of Christianity you have to first decide at what point was Christianity founded. I decided for the purposes of this essay that the foundation point would be when Constantine legalized Christianity in the fourth century CE. Prior to this point Christianity and what became the Catholic Church were trying to get organized and establish some guidelines within the religion.
I will talk about a few of the rituals and practices that have evolved through the Christian religion. Some of these are circumcision, the rite of humility, baptism, communion and the Sabbath. Although there are more rituals within Christianity, for the purpose
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