Is catholics considered christians but not christian baptists? so does that make them still christians?

Question

Ok when we say christianity, how many belief systmes does that involve? can someone tell me, I might be going out on a limb here. but just the idea that their has been so many interpretations over one book, wouldnt that suggest that none of us may have interpretated it right? Just wondering. Oh catholics are christians right? I am really not sure because of all of the confusion.
What are Jehova witnesses?

Answer 1

Any religion based on Christs teachings is considered Christianity.

Answer 2

A "Christian" is a person who repents of their sins and accepts Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives; this results in the believer's spiritual rebirth (read John 3 for more details) and is also referred to as being "Born Again." This process is accepted by all mainstream Christians, although some add requirements to salvation, such as baptism.

There are many denominations within the Church. Each has interpreted the Bible into dogma that dictates how that denomination is governed and what it believes.

Catholics and Protestants fundamentally disagree about several issues, such as what role the Pope has (if any); what are the requirements for salvation; etc. However, they're all Christians.

Things get a bit shaky when one considers groups that reject "main stream" Christian doctrine. One such group is the Jehovah's Witnesses. For example, while all main stream Christians (Catholic or Protestant) believe Jesus is God, the JWs reject this belief. JWs also translated the Bible themselves, resulting in further doctrinal disagreements. These changes are viewed as heresy by most Christians. For these (and other) reasons, many Christians refer to the JWs as a non-Christian cult.

I hope this helps. Peace.

Answer 3

Christianity is the belief in Jesus Christ and his death for the redemption of sin. Many people, who don't even attend church, claim to be Christian because the nation they live in is a "Christian" nation. (Canada, USA, England in short, Western nations) Catholics, Baptist, Protestants, Methodist, Anglicans, Evangelicals and on and on are all "Christian" Churches. They all have different rituals, beliefs (the Trinity) and moral standards. Jehovah's Witnesses are also a Christian Religion who have researched the origins of the Bible and actually translated from the oldest scrolls known and reintroduced the ancient name of God into their worship. This name was recorded in the Holy Scriptures over 7,000 times but was removed due to superstition etc. It appears in the King James version of the Bible at Psalms 83:18. They do not believe in a Trinity (God in three persons, each of equal power), they believe that Jehovah, the Supreme Being, is the creator of all things and Jesus was the first creation and that Jesus was sent by Jehovah to earth to die for the sins of Adam. A perfect life for a perfect life.

Answer 4

Although Catholicism is considered a cult by most mainstream Christians, many Catholics are indeed Christians. There are many Christians who are actually not Christians (if you can comprehend that). The requirement to be a Christian is to accept the finished work of Jesus on the cross for your salvation. Those who don't are not Christian regardless of their religious denomination.
Catholicism, Jehovah's Witness, Mormonism, Unitarianism, and a few other are considered pseudo-Christian cults. That is, they look kinda like Christians, but upon close examination they teach serious doctrinal errors.

Answer 5

By definition, christians are followers of jesus. Many conservative christians distance themselves from Catholics because of the unwarranted emphasis on praying to Mary and other "saints" for which there is no biblical teaching on. the other question is the authority of the pope. A careful search of history will detail many abuses of that office, contrary to Catholic teaching which says the office holder is infallible.
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Answer 6

All you named would fit the umbrella term Christians. The Catholic church was first, then Martin Luther posted a list of complaints to the door. He was mostly mad about selling "indulgences'' that would get you a free pass to heaven.
Ever since when a group of people disagreed on interp. of bible they split off into a different group. All groups who profess to believe in Jesus as savior are christians.

Answer 7

Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.

The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".

In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"

(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”

(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name


So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded

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Answer 8

The way it works, according to some posters here at least, is that Catholicism, which historically is traceable directly to Christ and His Apostles, and which has taught the same doctrinal truth consistently for 2,000 years, is "a pseudo-Christian cult", while the thousands of conflicting modern offshoots of that cult, who can't agree with one another on any aspect of the Christian faith, represent "true Christianity". hmmmmmm

Answer 9

People like to make the bible work around their own lives. The bible is now taken as a moral story, rather than a book of rules to abide by.

Answer 10

- The Bible teaches that all believers are one church, however, people interpret Scripture differently & have corrupted the meaning of what it is to be Christian.

- Most of us read the same Bible, the words are the same but not everyonefollows them.