I thought they where,,,, what's up with that?
2006-11-08 16:59:46 · 13 answers · asked by Ling 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I heard that ecause they pray to virgin mary and saits they are no longer considered christians
2006-11-08 17:02:54 · update #1
They are!
2006-11-08 17:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by . 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Catholics are Christians. Many non-Catholics have a problem with the Catholic practice of praying to the Virgin Mary and the Saints. However, I've never heard anyone go so far as to say that Catholics aren't Christians because of this.
2006-11-09 01:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Bri Liz 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ok, let me make a long story short...If you study early Christian history you'll find an interesting fact. An emporer of Rome named Constantine decided to become Christian and wanted the entire empire to follow. He took all the pagan articles/traditions/belief systems and put 'Christian' name-tags on them. This made it easy for the pagans to 'convert.' Unfortunately, he couldn't stick around for some reason and gave temporal power of the empire to the head bishop of his 'new' Christianity (nothing to do with the origional). This bishop became what is now known as a pope and the new 'paganized Christianity' became the Roman Catholic Church. You can find all this in perfect detail at the following website or simply in any religious historical text. No, Papal (Catholic) doctrine is not true Christianity and completely unbiblical.
2006-11-09 01:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by adrift feline 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It really depends upon whom you ask. In the academic sense of the word, a Christian is anyone who accepts Jesus as the Messiah. By this definition, Catholics are Christians. However, different denominations of Christianity feel that there are certain beliefs about God which one needs to have to be considered a Christian, and that the Catholics do not meet them. Personally, I sit on the first side of the fence in that respect. Catholics are Christians.
2006-11-09 01:03:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Catholicism is a sort of denomination of Christianity. As another reviewer stated, not all Christians are Catholics, but all Catholics are Christians.
2006-11-09 01:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christians are those who follow the words of Jesus Christ without adding or omitting even a single period or comma in it. Catholics said Jesus was born on Dec. 25 which is not based on the bible. They changed a lot of original doctrines of Christ and added plenty of unbiblical teachings so I might say that they are not Christians anymore.
2006-11-09 02:09:27 · answer #6 · answered by dWade03 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholic.
That is to say, Roman Catholicism is one of many Abrahamic messianic sects that recognize Jesus as their savior.
2006-11-09 01:02:05 · answer #7 · answered by coreyander 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are christian, just one branch of it. In America, Catholics have been associated with lower class, early 1900's immigration.
2006-11-09 01:02:21 · answer #8 · answered by jacktree2466 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Christians are those who follow Christ. Catholics follow Christ....therefore Catholics are Christians.
God bless,
Stanbo
2006-11-09 01:03:32 · answer #9 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they are. When someone is Catholic they are Christian, but of Catholic.
2006-11-09 01:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by Pandoras_box 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
they are the first and only authentic christian faith
2006-11-09 01:07:23 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋