| Place of worship | Church, chapel, cathedral, basilica, home bible study, personal dwellings. |
Synagogue, Shul, temple |
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| Belief of God | One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Trinity. |
One God |
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| Clergy | Priests, bishops, ministers, monks, and nuns. |
Rabbis, Mohels, and Cantors |
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| Scriptures | The Holy Bible |
The Torah, and the Tanach |
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| Practices | Prayer, sacraments (some branches), worship in church, reading of the Bible, acts of charity, communion. |
Mitzvahs, Circumcision, Bar/Bat/Beni Mitzvah, Marriage, Death and Mourning, (Kippah, Tefillin, Tallit, Keeping Kosher, 613 Mitzvots, lunar and solar calendar, Sabbath, Kiddish, Challah bread, 10 commandments |
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| Marriage | A Holy Sacrament. |
Monogamistic. Same-sex couples can marry. Largely seen as Voluntary. |
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| Followers | Christian (followers of Christ) |
Conservative Jews |
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| Founder | The Lord Jesus Christ. |
Rabbi Zecharias Frankel |
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| Place of origin | Roman province of Judea. |
Germany |
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| Original Language(s) | Aramaic, Greek, and Latin. |
Hebrew, Yiddish |
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| Literal Meaning | Follower Of Christ. |
Conserve or preserve some of the traditional practices |
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| Use of statues and pictures | In Catholic & Orthodox Churches. |
Forbidden. |
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| Position of Mary | Mother Of Jesus. Revered in all denominations. Degree of reverence varies from denomination. |
Jewish people do not believe that the Lord Jesus was the Messiah, therefore, Mary plays no role in Judaism. |
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| Holy days/Official Holidays | The Lord's Day; Advent, Christmas; New Year, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, every day is dedicated to a Saint. |
Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, the Weekly Sabbath, Passover. |
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| Holy Days | Christmas (celebration of the birth of Jesus), Good Friday (death of Jesus), Sunday (day of rest), Easter (resurrection of Jesus), Lent (Catholicism), saints' feast days. |
Saturday(Sabbath), all Jewish Holidays. |
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| Second coming of Jesus | Affirmed. |
Denied |
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| Religious Law | Varies among denominations. Has existed among Catholics in the form of canon law. |
The Torah. |
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| Names of God | God, Gud, Gott, Deo, Dios. Jehovah, YHWH, Eli Elohim, (depending on language Christians are of every language and culture around the world) |
Adonai, HaShem(The Name) |
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| Death of Jesus | Death by crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to heaven. Will return. |
Death by Crucifixion. |
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| Rites | Seven sacraments: Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders, matrimony (Catholic and Orthodox). Anglicans: Baptism and Eucharist. Other denominations: Baptism and communion. |
Mitzvahs |
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| Identity of Jesus | The Son Of God. |
A Jewish person whom Christians mistakenly believe is the Messiah. |
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| Concept of God | One God, Who Is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
One God. |
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| Day of worship | Sunday (most denominations), Saturday (Seventh-Day Adventist, Seventh-Day Baptist) |
Saturday is the Sabbath |
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| Promised Holy one. | Second Coming of Christ |
The Messiah. |
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| Birth of Jesus | Virgin Birth, through God. |
Normal Birth. |
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| View of other Dharmic religions | N/A. |
Gentile. |
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| Use of Statues | Varies by denomination. Not used in Protestant denominations; icons are used in Catholic & Orthodox denominations. |
Forbidden |
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| Authority of Pope | Leader and overseer of the Catholic Church. his authority is completely rejected by Protestants, and is viewed by Orthodox as first among equals. Orthodox and Protestants reject Papal infallibility and Papal supremacy. |
N/A. |
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| Status of Muhammad | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| View of other Abrahamic religions | Judaism is regarded as a True religion but incomplete (without Gospel, and Messiah) Islam is regarded as a false religion, Christianity does not accept the Qur'an as true. |
Conservative Jews recognize all good people from other Abrahamic religions as Righteous Gentiles. |
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| Offshoot religions | Rastafarianism, Universalism, Deism, Masonry and Mormonism. |
Christianity, Mandaeism, and Islam. |
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| Ressurection of Jesus | Affirmed. |
Denied. |
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| Concept of Deity | 1 God, in 3 Divine Persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
One God. |
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| Praying to Saints, Mary, and Angel | Encouraged in the Catholic & Orthodox Churches; most Protestants only pray directly to God. |
N/A. |
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| Status of Adam | The first man. Humanity is in a state of Original Sin, due to Adam's disobedience to God. |
Adom means man in Hebrew. Jews believe Adam was the first human being and the progenitor of the human race. |
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| Resurrection of Jesus | Affirmed |
Denied |
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| Original Languages | Aramaic, Common (Koine) Greek, Hebrew. |
Hebrew; Yiddish, German |
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| Prophet | Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, etc., as well as both Johns in the New Testament too. |
Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, and all the other prophets from Jewish writings. |
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| View of Animistic religions | Paganism is Heathenism. Witchcraft is communication and interaction with demons, fallen evil angelic beings. These have no real interest ultimately, in helping their worshipers. Demonic possession is common. |
Gentile. |
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| Clothes | While there is no specific form of religious dress, people are encouraged to dress conservatively, rather than provocatively. |
Both men and women can wear kippot/yarmulkas. |
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| Marriage and Divorce | Explained by Jesus in Mathew 19:3-9 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Therefore what God has put together let man not seperate.' |
In Conservative Judaism, a traditional get is required for opposite-sex couples. Allows opposite-sex couples to add the Liberman Clause to ketubah among other safeguards. Get isn't needed for Same-Sex couples to be divorced. Can't intermarry. |
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Comments: Christianity vs Conservative Judaism