OK once and for all Catholics are not Christians....?

Question

If Catholics were Christians, then who was it that was killing all the Christians in the inquisitions.

Answer 1

There may be a True Christian or two attending some Roman services... But only if they found their own way around the deceptions of the RC cult. If somehow they came to Know The Truth and came to God as He proscribes... then they have received God's free gift of Salvation and will enter Heaven... no one will hear or know The Salvation message through any RC doctrin or dogma. Even the pope himself can not tell you if he will be allowed to enter Heaven... But any one of The True Christian Faith Knows they will enter Heaven... Absolutly and for sure....

Answer 2

What do you mean Christians were killed by the Inquisition. Look you NEED to change your history books. And in the meantime, take a look at this so you know Catholics ARE Christians. A Christian is a person who believes that Christ is the son of God. And Catholics believe in that:

Answer 3

IF they are not Christians what are they? The inquisition was lead by the Catholic church against all those who they thought were heretics, witches, homosexuals, and anybody else who disagreed with the pope at the time. Christianity has many sects, Catholics, Protestants (Protestant Catholics), Baptists, Presbyterian, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Mormons, etc the list is endless. One thing they all have in common is their belief in Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

I doubt it's really once and for all as this comes up regularly. Lets keep it simple for you

All Catholics are christian, not all christian are catholics.

Christianity consists of 2 major groups, catholics and protestants. Protestants aren't a unified group with a central ideology, they have fragmented into 100's of sects...common ones being Baptists, Presbyterians etc....down to the really cultic groups like the Branch Davidians. All have their own unique interpretation of the bible, but all essentially worship Christ in one form or another.

(I'm not going to get into the hair splitting doctrinal differences that led to protestants breaking away from catholicism. Lots of the fundies will tell you that they are the only "true" christians....whatever, it's semantics)

The Inquisition was run by the Catholics against heretics of all sorts...witches, atheists, homosexuals, and other christians who disagreed with the pope.

Answer 5

Cath‧o‧lic  /ˈkæθəlɪk, ˈkæθlɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kath-uh-lik, kath-lik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to a Catholic church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church.
2.Theology.
a.(among Roman Catholics) claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true, and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality, and sanctity: used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the Church of Rome, as applicable only to itself and its adherents and to their faith and organization; often qualified, especially by those not acknowledging these claims, by prefixing the word Roman.
b.(among Anglo-Catholics) noting or pertaining to the conception of the church as the body representing the ancient undivided Christian witness, comprising all the orthodox churches that have kept the apostolic succession of bishops, and including the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Church of Sweden, the Old Catholic Church (in the Netherlands and elsewhere), etc.


The Catholic Inquisition is neither the first nor the last time there are people of the same religion killing eachother. Does not mean that they are not Christian. Christians follow the teachings of Christ.

Answer 6

I will ignore the rediculuousness of your initial statement and focus on the Inquisition.

You must not read much history and must not actually read the writings of the reformers. I suggest you do both and their opponents.

First, there are murderers in every Christian group. Even the Amish engaged in horific behaviors in Russia when they migrated there.

Second, while the inquisition was certainly evil, the Reformers killed at least as many. One reformer, who had been a member of the Inquisition was horrified at the extreme use of torture in the Reformation because it was not as restrained as in the Inquisition. Each reformer advocated torture, mass murder and the execution of innocent relatives of perceived heretics. Calvin's Institutes recommend killing non-Calvinists right in the preface. Luther had 20,000 anabaptists burned alive at the stake because they believed in his priesthood of all believers without him being the top priest.

The reformation was only a religious movement in its beginning when it had no power. When it got the power of the state it radically altered its practices away from its stated beliefs and altered in some cases its beliefs to match its power.

I am not saying that makes the Inquisition correct, .merely that people of that time all felt torture and mass executions were a positive thing regardless of the denominational stripes.

Someday, people will look at our time and our destruction of the environment and the killing of our children and wonder with amazement as we do at the medieaval or the slave owner of 150years ago.

Answer 7

Misguided Catholics killed anyone deemed heteric in the Spanish Inquisition until the Church put a stop to it. The Spanish Inquisition was not sanctioned by the church, but started by the king and queen of spain who thought it was their duty to convert the jews living in their land.

Answer 8

Christiananity, just like all other religions in the world has different sects. Just as in the iquistions, a protestant was someone that was not of the roman catholic church, now it is an established sect within the religion, just as Lutheran, Baptist are established, and were the first two churches to branch off from the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 9

A Christian is one who follows the teachings of Christ. Catholics are Christians

Answer 10

You're no longer "kinda" Catholic. You both are otherwise you are not. Specifically, it relies whether or not you have been baptised within the Catholic church. The identical is going for the Greek Orthodox Church. Just for the reason that you are Greek and Christian does no longer imply you are Greek Orthodox. Catholic and Orthodox are each branches of Christianity.