Is the pope in vatican city for the catholics only or for all christians..was jesus a catholic, protestant, baptist, lutheran or what??or is he only a christian without any sects??was catholic made by st.paul or was st. paul the founder of the whole of christianity..or is it jesus the founder of christianity??
2006-08-12 22:07:29 · 13 answers · asked by Pandai gile 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its only for christians bcoz i hate lies..the christians dont like it when ppl talk untruth about their religion as far as i hate it when ppl say untruth abou my religion..this question is factual and not asking opinions.
2006-08-12 22:24:22 · update #1
Why so many questions, Jew girl? Do you doubt the word of Your LORD? Shame on you. Don't even pretend to know Jesus, hateful Jew.
2006-08-12 22:17:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow this is a loaded question and goes all over the place.
Originally, the Catholic Church was the only church. I believe the world "Catholic" meant "World" originally, so it meant the world church. This is because there was only one Christian church in the beginning, but now we have many denominations and sects in Christianity. Eventually, when the Roman Catholic Church became too political and many could see the Popes were untrue and corrupt, people like Martin Luther began to get fed up with the Church misrepresenting the gospel. So, the Lutheran Church eventually came out of Luther and others branched off also.
Peter was the basis of the original church and started some of the initial organization for the Church, but Jesus is basically the founder of Christianity. It all started with Jesus. Yes, he was a Jew. Just like Buddha was a Hindu but a new religion came from him.
Only Roman Catholics believe in the authority of the Pope. No, he isn't for all Christians. Many don't see the Pope as any better than their mother or father, because they don't follow what he says. Protestants and even some Catholics (they are considered rebel Catholics by the Pope, and thus not true) don't believe in the Pope or his authority to be an intercessor before God. So, no, basically the Pope is not for all Christains. Only Roman Catholics.
2006-08-13 05:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was Jewish, but preached to & taught everyone. Jesus is the foundation of all Christian faith. The Catholic church believes that it is the "true" faith, but in the 1400's Martin Luther began questioning the Catholic practices of withholding the scriptures from "the people," of selling indulgences that forgave the sins of anyone, including those already dead, of putting papal decrees on an equal footing with the Word of God (in spite of contradictions) Those who followed him became known as Lutherans. After that split, still other leaders questioned Luther's views & chose to found their own churches. Today, Catholicism is still governed by the Pope from the Vatican, and Catholic tradition (Mary-ism, Praying to saints, etc) are considered proper. Protestant is an umbrella that covers Christian churches that are not Lutheran or Catholic, and thier views can run far afield from scriptural teachings (ie: The Bible isn't REALLLY the world of God, or Jesus was just a prophet, or it's ok to have female pastors-when scripture says that no woman should ever teach a man in religious matters) Among Lutheran Churches, there are several divisions, but for sticking to Holy Scriptures, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod comes closest to maintaining adherance to the word & Luther's messages.
2006-08-15 14:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by aspie_pride 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a jew, because his father was the God of the Jews. His death created Christianity.
As for the pope, he is mostly important to just the Catholic religion, because his purpose is to set the guidelines of the Catholic church.
I think it is important to evaluate everything that is said about religion, and either internalize it or reject it based on content, not on Catholic, Baptist, or Methodist. For example, I think that the message of The Prayer of St. Francis is a good lesson for all of us although I am not Catholic. And although I would never kiss the ground the pope had walked on, I think that a lot of his ideas are good ones.
I just think that the most important thing is to focus on what you know is true...That God is the only God, and that Jesus is your way of salvation. Stick to those two aspects, and everything else will just help you to be a good person.
2006-08-13 05:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by hopewriter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You might be suprised to know that alot of atheists were once christians, my experience is that non-believers know more about the bible and religion than believers and they have actaully gone out and searched for answers in other places, or like with anything else they applied common sense to the practice and realized 2+2 doesnt not equal 4 in the case of religion. You might find it hard to believe(being a non-believer) I attend church every sunday for fellowship I believe churches play a big part in communities and the right church can really help people but I dont think church is necessary for that take Bill gates he is an atheist and gives tons of his money and time to help others. For the most part humans are good and want to help their fellow man.
2006-08-13 05:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by stocketrader24 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The history of Christianity is more mysterious than any fiction book ever written, and no one knows what really happened.
What we do know is that Roman Emperor Constantine authorized and supervised a council that convened in 325 CE at Nicaea for the sole purpose of establishing a single religious doctrine for citizens of the Roman Empire to follow.
Constantine invented the Universal (Catholic) Church and decreed that all Romans would follow the Nicene Creed (Trinity, father, son, holy ghost are one person) or be executed. The Trinity is based on forged passages. The Universal Church adopted the majority of its doctrine from the writings of Paul, some of which were also invented by people claiming to be Paul.
That council led to the eventual creation of the bible in 397 at the Council of Carthage.
The pope claims to be God (his sole representative or spokesman) on earth for all people.
Those are the facts. What religious belief has to do with giving you the correct answer is beyond me, but, that is the correct answer.
The vast majority of all other "Christian" cults are the result of the decisions made by Constantine's Nicene Council.
Response to "truth" remark:
Based on my experience, "truth" and "religion" are usually contradictory. But, you are free to believe any lie Christians tell about their version of how Christianity came to be.
Here is the Christian version so you can compare to the above truthful version:
God inspired men to select the works he wanted included in the bible and that's how the bible came to be. The Catholic church corrupted the sacred doctrine but King James corrected that corruption in 1611 when he authorized a correctly inspired version of the bible.
But, in the Catholic version, Catholics are the only ones who know the truth and the bible (or message) was not corrupted.
There are literally tens of thousands of Christian cults all claiming to know the real truth because (fill in ten thousand different reasons).
Jesus is God and Christianity (some version) is the only religion that meets God's approval (but even that is contested by different Christian cults).
Pick the answer you prefer.
2006-08-13 05:16:34 · answer #6 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Pope is a Catholic fixture, though I daresay that other Christians (some, certainly not all) find some authority in him as well.
Jesus was a Jew.
~ FR
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2006-08-13 05:15:47 · answer #7 · answered by Max 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The papacy is linked only to Catholism. The Catholic church is only one of many groups of Christians, though most obviously one of the largest.
2006-08-13 05:16:08 · answer #8 · answered by Kireina 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus' deciples are the founders of christianity and christianity was based off of christ's teachings. Jesus never needed christianity as he had already realized his own teaching when he began to teach it.
Catholicism was supposidly founded by St. Peter.
While I don't consider myself christian, I was at one time and the information is still there. Don't shun me because I'm not of your fold, you can read that in the book of James.
2006-08-13 05:13:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Some athiests, pegans, ect have still studied much about the christian faith. Thus they can often show a diffenrent insight on the situation. They want thier opinions heard just as much as anyone else. Dont have the answer to any of those questions so I wanted to tell that hehe
2006-08-13 05:12:55 · answer #10 · answered by Zander Mathis 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋