what's THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC CRHISTIAN AND A CHRISTIAN?????

Answer 1

catholics practice unnecessary traditions because they believe it can get them to heaven. things such as reciting written prayer, praying to the virgin mary, eating the bread and drinking wine, praying according to the rosary, etc.

christians try to get people to be saved and accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior.(which is the only way to get to heaven) they pray not according to a book but whats in their heart. They try to be Christ like because they believe that we were bron in the image of Christ.

hope it helps.

Answer 2

I can't understand why protestants so often ignorantly call themselves simply "christians" when they ask about the difference to other kinds of christians - as if protestants were the common norm and other christians the deviant. The truth is of course that protestants are the minority among the christians of the world (check http://www.adherents.com/ if you don't know).

Many protestant say the Catholic church doesn't accept protestants as "real christians", but still I never saw a catholic ask "what's the difference between a protestant and a christian"!

Back to the question: I would say the main difference is that the Catholic (like also the Orthodox and other Eastern churches) believes in the Church, whereas the protestants primarily believe in the Bible. The protestants think the church should be based on the Bible, and the Catholics that the Bible is based on (in) the Church. The reason is, the Church existed before the Bible, so the Church produced the Bible as an aid to explaining its own (i e Jesus') teachings. That means the Church is the main iinterpreter of the texts of the Bible, not the other way round, like it's the garant of the authenticity of the Bible (without the authentification of the Church, the Catholic would say there is no rational reason to believe in the Bible at all, so the Church is necessary as a ground anyway).

All other differences stem from this main difference.

Answer 3

Catholic Christians are members of the Catholic Church, while other Christians (who are also referred to as "Protestants") are members of another denomination. The Protestant movement was started by Martin Luther in the early 1500's when he took issue with many of the practices of the Catholic Church that he believed were man-made traditions with no Biblical basis. Some of these "traditions" are: (1) the office of Pope, (2) the prayer to the virgin Mary, (3) infant baptism, (4) confession of sins to a priest, (5) acts of penance, like saying The Lord's Prayer or the prayer to the virgin Mary or the rosary after confession, (6) priests not being allowed to marry, (7) nuns, who were also not allowed to marry, etc. The biggest issue Martin Luther had against the Catholic Church at the time was the selling of indulgences, which is no longer practiced. The way it worked was like this: A member of the church is tempted and wants to commit a certain sin, say, drunkenness. He approaches the priest, tells the priest he wants to get drunk, pays the priest a certain amount of money, and the priest promises that his sins will be forgiven. Kind of like giving license to sin...

Answer 4

They are both Christians, followers of Christ. But they have different convictions on how to live there lives and how to worship God.

Catholics believe in 7 sacraments, while "Christians" have only 3. Catholics also believe Mary has more importance/power than other "Christians" believe. The main difference is the Catholics focus on ceremony and tradition. They place as much or more importance on Church traditions rather than the Bible. Luther, the father of "the other Christians," brought about a reformation that focused on the Bible as the authoritative word of God. Most "Christians" follow this line of thought rather than tradition, although some "Christian" sects mix it up.

All are viable forms of Christianity and their believers can or cannot be authentic. I am personally not a rules and regulations type guy, so I listen His word, the Bible, and to the spirit of God to tell me how to worship him and to know him personally. What I believe is considered to be Non-denominational.

Answer 5

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 many 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 6

Christians are those who believe Christ is the son of God. This includes Catholics and Protestants, so a Catholic Christian is Catholic and not Protestant....

Answer 7

Catholic Christian, Methodist Christian, Baptist Christian, Lutheran Christian, Presbyterian Christian, geez...there are tons of Christians. All Christians, every single one. It is so annoying to find people who think that the particular sect they belong to is Christian, and other sects are somehow not Christians. Christians believe in Jesus Christ, and fight about everything else.

Answer 8

Pam, darling, Lutherans also recite the nicene creed.


In a nutshell Catholics think they are better than the other x-ian religions(Pam might be one) So the difference is arrogance, audacity, and bigotry and some small differences in worship services

Answer 9

All christians are of one type or another. It's just believing that Christ was the son of God. Catholics are one type, the many types of protestants are also christians.

Answer 10

Catholics recite the Nicene Crede. Other Christians do not