Is Judaism like Catholicism

Answer 1

Catholicism is probably the closest form of Christianity to Judaism after Orthodox Christianity in terms of character, organization, and legal structure, but there are huge fundamental differences between Judaism and any form of Christianity.

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Answer 2

Jews and Catholics both worship from a fixed liturgy using prayerbooks, and traditional worship in both religions involves liturgical chants. As a result, a visitor to a traditional Mass or a traditional Jewish service will see some stylistic similarity. But there are hug differences. Jews are strong monotheists, rejecting the core Christian doctrines of the trinity, and Jews hold that belief in an embodied God is idolatry, thus rejecting the Christian doctrine of the incarnation. Jews do not believe that the only object of worship is God, and that no intermediaries are allowed. Thus, no priests, no saints, and no prayers to the Virgin.