Protestant and Catholic?

Question

What is the difference between Cristian Protestant and Christian Catholic. I mean they're both Christian right?

Answer 1

Right!

Answer 2

Basically the Christian church has had repeated divisions over the centuries, with different groups splitting from each other for various political or theological reasons and sometimes later reuniting.

The primary difference between Roman Catholics and Protestants is that Roman Catholics recognise the Pope as the spiritual head of the Church - literally God's representative on earth, whereas the Protestants don't. Various branches of Protestantism also have other and varying divergences from the Roman Catholic doctrine, however few if any of these differences are any wider than the differences in beliefs WITHIN many of the different denominations.

Answer 3

Whenever a protestant commits a sin,according to the church only god can forgive them,but whenever a catholic commits a sin a priest can forgive them if they pray or give money to the chapel.They both believe in the same god but worship him in different ways.Protestants believe that everyone should be able to read the bible for themselves but catholics believe that it can only be read out by a priest and that it has to be in Latin.Catholics also worship the virgin mary,while protestants do not,there are many more differences.

Answer 4

Christrians are those who believe in the One God, that Jesus is the only Son of God who was born on this earth, was crucified, died, and rose from the dead.

Within Christianity there are different denominations. The largest split of categories is "Catholic" and "Protestant." (Within each of those are more divisions - Methodist, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Coptic, etc) The differences today are often theological - how they view the sacraments, the bible, salvation and redemption, etc. All Christians have quite a bit in common.

(and no, Catholics do NOT worship the Virgin Mary. Worship is for the Trinity alone; Mary is venerated as the mother of Jesus)

Answer 5

Protestasntism split form Catholicism with the advent of Martin Luthers 1517 "thesis of contention"
this kled to the emergence of what became known as protestantism in Germany, Holland and the UK.

The fundamental differences between Catholicism and Protestantism is that Protestants reject much of the Mary beliefs, and the preeminence of the Pope & priestrs over life. They do not accept the concept of confessions & atonement through acts prescribed by priests.

Aside from that theres no too much differnece, both believe in the bible, both are preaching religions ie a nominated worhty stands up in front of the congregation and preasches / tells them what to do

Answer 6

The Pope.

The Transubstantion of the Host.

Catholic Priests are (supposedly) celibate, Protestant Vicars/Priests can marry.

Actually in this day and age the differences are becoming fewer and more far between. Some of the High Anglican churches are so like Catholics you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.

Answer 7

Yes, both are Christian. The major difference is that Catholics believe that during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, at the actual Consecration of the Bread and the Wine, the Bread and Wine truly become the Body and Blood of Christ without changing appearances.

This is called, "Transubstantiation." It is not, 'let's pretend that this is the Body & Blood of Christ,' it is not 'symoblic,' it is the Body and Blood of our Lord as He commanded and promised that without which one would not have life in Him.

Catholics also have a mother in Heaven whom we honor and revere (but do not worship). Yes, we pray for her intercession, but prayer alone is not worship. As non-Catholics sometimes ask other Christians to pray for them, we ask our Celestial mother to pray for us, for at her request Jesus performed the first miracule in the New Testament.

Catholics' Celestial family is complete. God the Father is our Father; God the Son is our Brother; and Mary the mother of Jesus is our Celestial mother.

If you wish to know about the Catholic Church, then ask someone who knows, preferably a Priest. Don't ask this question of those who hate the Catholic Church. If, for example, you wish to buy a Chevrolet, then don't ask someone who only sells Fords about why you should buy a Chevy.

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Answer 8

Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and other Christians.

Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):

By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.

There are some minor doctrine issues and some major cultural traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.

A Catholic worships and follows Christ in the tradition of Catholicism which, among other things, recognizes that Christ made Peter the leader of His new Church and Pope Benedict XVI is Peter's direct successor.

With love in Christ.

Answer 9

Christians are Christians but catholics are not Christian as they blatantly are CATHOLICS i.e. they have there own rules and practices many of which are against the teachings in te Bible.... Protestants i thought were called protestant as they made a stand against Catholics and kept the biblical teachings and refused for a number of years CATHOLIC PRESSURE.

Answer 10

We Catholics and some Protestants believe we are all Christians but there are always some who say Catholics or this or that particular branch or church are not Christians. There are various differences but most of us hold to the same basic tenets. God, the Holy Spirit, Christ the Savior, and salvation.

Answer 11

One difference ;
Ive always found all of my Catholic friends to be, shall we say, a touch hypercritical.
That obviously comes from the teachings of their Church as opposed to a Protestants.