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This 5 page paper examines the creation of the United Church of Canada. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savoir, a requirement of being Christian, but of course, Protestantism differs from Roman Catholicism in terms of traditions and beliefs. While the varieties of
Protestantism are well known throughout the world, there were problems in Canada during the early twentieth century in regard to the distinctions. Largely, the problem was one of geography. As
the decades of the twentieth century unfolded in North America, cities would become remarkably crowded. Yet, decades before, and particularly a century ago, there was a great deal more land
area. In Canada, the Protestant churches that existed there were spread out geographically. However, a few denominations would be prominent. The largest of the denominations was the Methodist Church and
the Presbyterian Church. In 1925, the sects merged to form the United Church of Canada. This did not happen overnight nor did this occur without forethought. A great deal of
activity would be a part and parcel of this event. On some level, the merger would help to meet the needs of the people as they would not have
to travel so far to visit the denomination of their choice. On the other hand, there would be obvious detriments of combining sects of religion. That is, there was a
great deal of discord. As with any controversial move, there are two sides to the story that may be explored with original materials form the era. Again, a major reasons
for the merger has to do with geography, but that is not the whole story. It would be na?ve to believe that it was all done simply for convenience
or practicality. After all, religion is neither. There were in fact many problems with this well known church consolidation and many questions would arise. Which traditions would be kept and
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