what is the difference between a catholic and a baptist??

Question

i know they r both part of the Christian branch but whats the difference??? And if you know the difference between protestant and catholic i need that 1 too. Or the definition of protestant would help me lol

Answer 1

WOW my speciality. very precisely

Catholicism is the authentic Church of Jesus Christ. It embodies all the true marks of the early Christian Church which is Oneness, Holiness, Apostolic and finally Catholic of course. Catholic meaning "according to the whole"

The Baptist Church is less than 450 years old. It is not a branch of the early Christian Church but a smaller stem of Anglican Protestantism which is a breakaway stem from Catholicism.
The founder of all Baptist's churches whether they call themselves reformed, southern, particular, general, etc etc etc was John Symthe. John Symthe was a Anglican priest who broke from the Anglican communion to create this community. He rebaptized himself (boy thats not in the scriptures).
Baptists will attempt to claim they can trace their past back before John Symthe but there is absolutely no historical evidence to support such claims. Cathars, Albigsenians, Waldesnians, anabaptists, Donatists are not ancient Baptists in hiding.
There is no direct connection to any of these groups and even if there was it would only further refute any Baptist claim as the original Christian Church or what they sometimes call the "church of Acts" simply because all these groups taught heretical doctrines which the Baptists themselves today would not agree with. Take for example the Albigsenians they taught marriage was evil and reproduction was the trapping of good souls in evil flesh. or take the anabaptists they taught a belief in a messiah other than Jesus, or what about the Donatists some sects of this group taught suicide was an act of martyrdom and surprisingly they still taught a liturgical worship and sacramental life both of which the Baptists today would never agree to as both would be too Catholic.

Answer 2

Short answer: Protestants are those who grew out of the Christians that "protested" some of the religious beliefs of the Middle Ages - things like selling indulgences. Protestants today would include Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, etc. Basically, Roman Catholics believe they are connected to the earliest Christians through a chain of bishops called "apostolic succession". Baptists (and other Christians) believe that each church is independent and is not to be controlled by any higher human authority. God is the ultimate head. Baptists also believe that people should be baptized as adults who decide for themselves (hence the name), rather than being baptized as infants. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Look up The Reformation. 1500ad a Catholic Monk named Luther protested against Rome(the Pope). Most of northern Europe supported Luther or at least wanted to be free of Papal influence. The bible had been put into print and was widely available, so people could read about God for themselves.
You could say Catholics remained centralized while Protestants fragmented into different religious groups that centered on personal interpretation of the bible. The sacraments except for baptism was lost to the Protestants because they could not ordain new priests. In fact all the symbols of 1500 years of religious cultural were lost and actively destroyed, only the Bible as Luther and his followers edited it was the source of Protestant faith.
Baptists are I think just the best example of the fragmentation of faith with no connection from one location to another. I could be wrong about Baptist but many have been ruthless in their descriptions of Catholics so a jibe back at them will not be unexpected.

Answer 4

protestant, derieved from the word protest. they are groups/churches/religions opposed to the roman catholic church, this stemmed from the reformation.

catholic church - 2 branches, eastern orthodox, roman catholic. wikipedia can help you discover more details. also try scripturecatholic.com to view a comprehensive insight to what catholics believe.

protestant churches hold most things in common with catholics, there are to many different branches to say the differences and similarities. the major thing in common is the that they are all christian(christ=to follow the teachings and way of christ). the differences stem from the interpretation and understanding the teachings of christ and bible.

the catholic church is the oldest church and the only one that can be traced back to christ himself. all other branches didn't arrive until some 1500 years after, alot of the current denominations these days are less than 100 years old.

Answer 5

Its just some things such as sacraments and ways of prayer and traditions are different. We believe in the same things but the way we worship are different. I am not sure what Baptists do really. But I know a lot of Lutherans.

Answer 6

well, to get u started, the Baptists are protestant. Catholics pray to Mary, saints, and do all sorts of rituals. Baptists do not believe in praying to Mary. in the 10 commandments, it says do not have any other gods before me.

Answer 7

catholics believe that Mary is the one we are to fallow,baptists believe that we should fallow Jesus Christ(God in the flesh).
catholics believe in repetitious prayers,baptists believe just pray whats on your heart.catholics believe not in salvation in Christ but in works,baptists believe in the salvation from accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Savior.also baptists believe the Bible as Gods Word.

Answer 8

Catholics go to heaven when they die. Baptists not so much.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist