What is the difference in the beliefs of Pentecost Christians and Roman Catholics?

Question

Catholics Versus Pentecosts

Answer 1

The main difference could be the approach to "salvation". Typically Pentecostal churches preach that the sign given by God that a person has received the Holy Spirit is that the person will speak in tongues, a previously unknown language to the person that is a way of communicating directly with God. Also, Pentecostal religion preaches baptism by full immersion under water as symbolic of the death of the old life, and the beginning of a new life of repentence of old ways. In the Catholic church these things have no status, and are often shunned, although Charismatic Catholics exist, and they practice speaking in tongues. The Catholic Church baptises by sprinkling water, and not by full immersion. Where Pentecostal churches baptise those of the age of understanding, the Catholic Church baptises infants and young children without their consent or knowledge. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

First, there are pentecostal Catholic groups. You can find them everywhere if you know to look. The difference is that pentecostal Protestants are a denomination, they only include within their group other pentecostals. In essence, the are not embracing everyone, only people who are like themselves. Pentecostal Catholics exist inside a Church where not everyone has the gift of glossalalia and embrace them and participate with them in worship.

The deepest difference then is who are you willing to call a brother in Christ, only those like you or those who are unlike you.

John Newman was a leading Protestant bishop in the 19th century. Ultimately he became Catholic. In engaging Catholics he realized they were more biblically based than Protestantism. He realized that all the silly things posted above never had a basis in fact, and were simply posts by ignorant partisans. His comment was that there were maybe a 1000 people who hated the Catholic Church for what it was but tens of thousands or hundrreds of thousands who hated it for what they thought it is.

One of the most amazing things I experienced in attending baptist services was the absence of scripture. If you attend a Roman Catholic service, everything but the Nicene Creed is a direct quote from scripture. Further, the entire bible is proclaimed over three years if you attend every Sunday and Holy Day such as Christmas (if you didn't you would miss the Christmas readings). The Nicene Creed is purposefully not scriptural because other Christians of the time were quoting scripture to fit their own ends. To make certain that there was a clear statement of belief in Jesus, the council of Nicaea made a clear statement of faith in Christ. Scripture has a tendency to be understood in multiple ways, hence the 46,000 Protestant denominations.

My question to a Pentecostal Protestant is this, "must one recieve the gift of glossallalia to receive salvation?" If no, then why are pentecostal Protestants a separate denomination. If so, why has God abandoned everyone else?

Answer 3

"undemanding" Christian encompasses approximately 38,000 distinctive denominations, so an entire checklist may well be impossible. Catholics are unique in that they have got the Pope as their chief. Their clergymen and nuns could be celibate, which isn't the case in maximum Protestant church homes. Catholics at the instant are not meant to apply any start administration different than the rhythm approach, yet some Protestant church homes additionally agree. between the main important variations that grew to grow to be a huge deal and wars fought over that's the perception that the communion wafers surely remodel into the physique of Christ, while Protestants have confidence it in basic terms represents the physique of Christ yet remains bread. on the instant some thing that seems to be a huge deal is that Catholics have Saints they regard enormously, and many times times pray to. Protestants often evaluate this idolatry, and a few ignorant Protestants declare this makes Catholics non-Christian.

Answer 4

In some areas Catholics and Pentecostals might wish to collaborate--for example, by advocating for the family or the poor, or by opposing corruption. Perhaps conservative Protestants will defend authoritarian governments, while socially minded Catholics will oppose them; or perhaps Pentecostals, most of whom are poor, will become more socially radical, while authoritarian Catholics will remain socially conservative.

When we examine controversial issues more closely, however, we discover that they may cut several ways: Protestants understandably wish to level the playing field by ending Catholic privileges (special status in law, some government support), while Catholic hierarchies defend the "Catholic" identity of their countries. Both Catholic hierarchies and Pentecostal churches oppose efforts to liberalize laws in areas such as divorce, abortion or sex education, but many Catholic laypeople, both practicing and nonpracticing, hold more liberal views on these issues. It is likely, therefore, that Protestants and Catholics may sometimes cooperate and sometimes oppose each other according to complex patterns

Answer 5

The whole foundation is different my friend. All Roman Catholic beliefs are different to us Christian beliefs, even though they call themselves Christians too. But, take note: There are 2 types of Christians - those who have been brought up Christian or those who merely go to church on a Sunday but have not had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and do not KNOW God. These give Christianity a bad name because they call themselves Christians but do not serve the Lord. Then there are those of us who are born again Christians and who the Lord slowly changes and delivers and begins to turn us into what He wants us to be - an image of Himself.

There are many, many people who have been brought up very very badly in God's name and they do not know God. If they did, they would not do the terrible things they do.

Please, please understand the difference. Born again Christians are NOT religious. Christians who do not know the Lord ARE religious. God detests religion because He wants us to have a personal relationship with Him. The Roman Catholic system is exactly that - a system. It controls the world and at the very core of it, unbeknown to its faithful, it is anti-Christ.

Answer 6

They are receivers of the Holy Gifts of the Spirit, speaking in tongues,healing, they follow the teaching of Christ, they have their High Priest in heaven that is Jesus. They confess their sin directly to God with out the intervention of a priest. They are born of the Spirit or born again. They are not perfect just forgiven. They believe in Sola Escritura( Scripture Only). Roman Catholics they believe they are Christian, they follow the Catholic Church dogmas, they follow the teaching of the Pope.

Answer 7

Oh my gosh, it's like night and day. If I tell the truth and tell you all of the anti-God and anti-Christians things they believe and practice, I'll get 50 thumbs down from them as usual. They practice many pagan rituals and worship idols and statues and follow whatever the pope says, which is how some of these heresies entered into their beliefs. Pentecostals believe salvations through faith in Jesus alone, they don't worship Mary or saints or do rituals or have to confess their sins to a priest or have to receive 7 sacraments or any of the other many stipulations they say you have to do along with believing in Jesus for salvation. I'm sorry but it's the honest truth.

Answer 8

Pentecostals are just ordinary run of the mill protestant-believing-Christians. And you know what Catholics are- just ordinary Catholics.

Answer 9

"What separates us as believers in Christ is much less than what unites us." (Pope John XXIII)

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 10

which aspects i have noticed were that for catholics the spirit of our belief felt dead, as in un-resurrected, stagnant. Pentecost felt alive and the spirit of faith in Jesus as resurrected for the believers. kind of like a room where all those who believe may enter as Jesus said. and I do believe The Pentecost to be that room.