Where does Catholicism derived from? From Judaism?

Question

I know Judaism was like the first religion who started to believe in God, and from it came Christianity because they had certain disagreements. But where did Catholicism came from and when? What was the disagreement that cause Catholicism form? Did Catholicism came first than Christianity. Catholics are also Christians for believing in Christ but you know what I mean.

I am refering more to it's history.

Answer 1

Catholicism is a branch of Christianity, as is Protestantism (and all the denominations that go under that) and Orthodoxism. The term "Catholic" actually means "universal".

When Jesus was on earth, He made a statement to Peter after Peter made the confession that Jesus is the Christ. This statement has been the difference between Catholicism and the rest of Christianity. They assumed that Jesus was singling out Peter when He said, "On this rock, I will build my church."

However, syntatically, the rock Jesus was referring to had to have been the confession that He was the Christ because the word used for "rock" was feminine, not masculine (the name Peter means "rock" but is in the masculine form).

The Catholic church claims that the power of its popes comes directly from the lineage of Peter. Any other church (Orthodox or Protestant), believes that the foundation Jesus was building His church on was the confession of faith in Christ.

Answer 2

After Christ died, a group began forming calling themselves Christians and spread throughout. IN about the fourth century Constantine declared Christianity to be the official religion of his empire. It continued to grow, some split into the Orthodox and the rest were called Catholic. This continued a rise in power until around the 15th centrury when certain people questioned the rule of the papacy and other Catholic doctrine and split into new sects of Christianity. Catholicism was the original Christianity.though that does not mean it is "right" or wrong. So People had differing opinions and thus other variations of Christianity formed. So Christianity came first and when the church became an institution with more power over time, the original doctrine was called Catholic.

Answer 3

Christians fall into two basic groups: those with an unbroken institutional connection to the original Christian community, and those which formed during the Reformation in the 16th century.

The latter are called "Protestants," and include such denominations as Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, Methodists, and so on. Any "Nondenominational" or "Bible-based" church is a Protestant church. Pentecostals are also Protestants.

The former group is divided into several churches which do not recognize one another; each claims to represent the "original" church. Which one is correct is a matter of contention, clearly. These churches include the Catholic Church (actually a communion of churches including the Roman Catholic Church, the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Melkite Church, etc.), the Eastern Orthodox Church (a communion including the Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian, and Antiochian Churches), the Oriental Orthodox Church (a communion including the Ethiopian, Coptic, Syrian, Amenian, and Malankarese Churches), and the Church of the East (an ancient Church which now survives only in Iran and Iraq, and in diaspora in the west).

In short, Catholics, Protestants, and the various Orthodox all practice different forms of Christianity which have arisen historically on the basis of doctrinal disagreements. The movement for them to be reuinted is called "ecumenism."

Answer 4

Constantine the then Emperor of Rome move his capitol to a new city and called it Constantinople. Constantine was a high priest of the roman sun god. He saw the popularity of the new religion, Christianity and knew that he could use it for his political gain. He convened the Nicene council to codify the principals of his version of this new religion. Rather than consulting the scriptures he has them vote on doctrine. This caused the creation of a very different but also very usable church. This new church is the Catholic church and has been used to control countries and kings for centuries. Religion always has more power than royalty so he created this religion to hijack the emotions of the people and to control them as well. The catholic church created the dogma of the trinity and denounced the truth that God, Christ and the Holy Spirit are separate personages. It instituted the worship of Idols and added Mary and the Saints to the list of deities that you can pray to. It even decided that only It could choose these saints. That only It could crown a king or grant a divorce of royalty. The Catholic church is no longer christian and it's evil nature can be seen in it's fruit. A cadre of homsexual pedophiles as it's preists. Billions of dollars of gold are art treasures hidden under the Vatican. A pope that admits that he can no longer recieve revelation from God if he ever could. A city deemed soverin and not subject to the laws of the country in which it resides. And by the way, Constantine only got baptized by force after he was an old man and on his death bed. He remained a High Priest of the Roman Sun god until his death. So much for the first Christian Ceaser. And the Catholic church was NOT the first Christian church, it started more like 300 years after AFTER Christ.

Answer 5

Judaism was the first religion to believe in one god, and Catholicism was started by the Jewish followers of Jesus Christ. The branches of Christianity all derive from Catholicism by sprouting out after certain debates throughout the centuries. Catholicism, in other words, is the original Christianity, and all the others are just moderations.

Answer 6

Catholics are Christians, the first ones.

The first christians were just followers, at first they even had to convert to be a jew to be a christian, but then comming with Paul, they started not requireing that.

As the church grew, the leaders would meet and larger churches started controling smaller churches. Yes these formed and started a structured church.

They did not formally call thierself anything, the local churches were named after the cities they were in. And the term Catholic merely means universial, so they were to be the one or universal church.

In around 1100 the eastern church and the western church broke apart This formed the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

It was not till the 1500 that Luther broke away. This soon become the Protestant church that many refer to as Christain, but it is all of them the Protest, Catholic and Orthodox that make up the entire Christian church.

Answer 7

First Jewish, then Christians then Romans make Christianity a State Religion under Roman emperors, the as Roman Empire collapses the Great Schism(split) occurs with two Churches Roman Catholic(in Rome) and Easter Orthodox(in Constantinople) Then as Roman Catholics lose power in Europe Anglican,Lutherans, Puritans and all other sects develop and today the Born Again Fundamentalists are rising up.

Answer 8

Catholicism was the beginning of Christianity, which stemmed from Judaism, due to the ministry of Jesus Christ.

During the 16th century, people broke away from the Catholic Church for many reasons, protesting things that were good and not good about this Church. They became known as Protestants.

Priests and even Popes were corrupt, and also Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wives and the Church was standing in his way.

Christianity became divided at that time between Catholics who stayed with the faith even though it certainly needed reformation, and Protestants who formed separate churches.

Answer 9

if you are seriously interested in a history of the christian religion, the link below will take you to a web site that has a complete history, with explanations. It is not run by any religious organization, but by a former christian that saw the light of reason. Take some time and find out for yourself where all of these strange believes came from. You could spend years studying, as I did, or a short time at this web site. Have fun become enlightened.

Answer 10

Early in the 2nd century the church was growing under great persecution. Some of the larger cities had more that one church. So Bishops became the norm. The older more experienced pastor may be in charge of two or more churches. The younger pastors need guidance. In Rome there were about 40 churches around 200 ad. As the churches grew, more and more false teaching made its way into the churches. The Bishop in Rome began to grow in popularity and power. In 251 there was a terrible church split over several things but mainly over infant baptism and baptismal regeneration. The small faction (against infant baptism) was persecuted and eventually they disappeared. The larger group slowly became the Catholic church. They were still under great persecution until Constantine made it legal to be a Christian in about 312 ad. The church exploded under the protection of Constantine. Even though the church grew rapidly, it became more and more apostate. Around 600 ad it officially became the Holy Roman Catholic Church. By this time we were in the dark ages. Several Christian groups rose up over the next 1000 years but they were quickly destroyed by the Church. It was not until the reformation did we see authentic Christianity begin to show up again. There is more-I suggest you study it out-my memory is weak.