Catholic and Roman Catholic are different, right?
2006-09-04 08:47:29 · 9 answers · asked by zeepogee 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe that any religion can be Christian as long as they believe that Jesus is our Savior and lead moral lives that God would approve of.
2006-09-04 09:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not going to dig into what is Christian and what is not, but yes, Catholic and Roman Catholic are two different things. My RCC friend told me that catholic means all the believers of Christ (perhaps another word for Christian) and Roman Catholic is the Roman Catholic Church whos Pope is in Rome.
Then there is the Vatican 1 and Vatican 2 Roman Catholic (though I don't think they are the same church any more.
Vatican 1 are those that follow the old Catholic rules and Vatican 2 is what has been in power in Rome since the late 60's - a bit reformed.
I believe Vatican 1 priests can marry and Vatican 2 cannot - of course, this is just what I have been told and I haven't done a whole lot of research on it.
2006-09-05 09:34:08 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Vicki 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Church has consistently referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD, when the term appears in the writings of St. Ignatius of Antioch
The 'new' Anglican Church in England started using the term “Roman” in the 1500s as one of many ways of demeaning and demonizing Catholic Christians.
Catholics accepted this late coming adjective without too much protest. Today “Catholic” and “Roman Catholic” are interchangeable terms. Both terms are even used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
To add a little more confusion, some apply the term “Roman Catholic Church” only to the Latin Rite Catholic Church, excluding the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same Church, under the Pope.
The term “Roman” neither increases nor decreases the faith, hope and love of the Catholic Christians.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-04 23:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are branches of Catholicism, Roman, Irish, etc. Roman Catholics are the "original" church, the Holy Roman church founded by Emperor Constantine in the year 313 when the Roman Empire became the Holy Roman Empire.
2006-09-04 15:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Western Catholics are generally referred to as Roman Catholics, who use "latin rites". There are also "eastern rite" Catholics, such as Byzantine Catholics.
So in common usage in the West, "Catholic" means "Roman Catholic".
Those are "capital c" Catholics. Small c catholic just means universal, or pertaining to the whole Christian body or church.
2006-09-04 15:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no... catholic and roman catholic are the same thing.
2006-09-04 15:54:14 · answer #6 · answered by jefferson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different yes - both are still Christians though.
2006-09-04 15:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by weaver2sl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is a branch of christians.
2006-09-04 15:50:26 · answer #8 · answered by Katie D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupid
2006-09-04 16:02:16 · answer #9 · answered by stephen488@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋