who declared it? is that person a reliable source? whose personal opinion is it that got out of hand? can anyone please enlighten me?
2006-12-12 13:48:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
thank you, Susan J, and God bless you too! :-)
2006-12-12 13:56:08 · update #1
Catholicism **NEVER** became a non-Christian Church, because Catholicism is the **ORIGINAL** Christian Church!!!!
2006-12-12 13:58:40 · answer #1 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Catholocism never started off Christian in the first place. In the years 300's AD. in Rome. Church and state combined to start a new religiion now known as Roman Catholocism. The pagan Roman emperor became a "Christian" Roman emperor. Since this christianity was the emperor's new faith. Pagans rushed in to join the emperor's new faith, bringing in their idols of Zeus, Artemis, Jupiter, Diana, etc into the churches. Therefore, it's easy to see why this minority faith that was heavily persecuted became a majority faith of conformity. Also that's why you see figurines in catholic churches. Note that this new church was spread through governmental power, the power of the state vested in the power of the emperor. Under this authorized centralized structure anything else that considered itself Christian was heavily persecuted. So the claim that the RC church is the first Christian church rings holllow. The fact is that the RC chruch is an offshoot off Christianity. So that's all it is, an offshoot off Christianity, not Christianity itself.
2006-12-12 15:07:19 · answer #2 · answered by Andres 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a Catholic and Christian and we are the first original christian Church. People don't like the Catholics but if they read about the Church they would know that we are Christians too!
God Bless You
2006-12-12 13:53:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's only non christian by those in other denominations. That's why there are some many different denominations. Everybody's got their own idea of the "truth", and have to try and shoot down any other beliefs. Otherwise where would their congregation and money come from?
2006-12-12 14:38:16 · answer #4 · answered by quietwater 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know what is funny? Catholics claim to be the "First" Christians. HA! How? St. Paul was a Jew and he was the founder of Christians. Rome did not adapt Christ until 325 Ce in Nicea under Constatine. I can go on but it's pointless. I'm sure you believe that Christmas was started by Catholics as well. Well guess what? That's Buddha, Horus, Mithra's, Hercules, Bacchus and many others B-day! Merry X-mas! =]]
2006-12-12 14:02:27 · answer #5 · answered by LordTool 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Catholic Church is an abomination before the Lord and he will destroy it during the tribulation for the reasons given in Revelations Ch.17 V1-9
2006-12-12 15:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I always thought Catholicism was the first type of Christianity.
2006-12-12 13:50:53 · answer #7 · answered by Julia 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well lets see, they worship Mary, they worship the pope, they run everytime a statue bleeds fake blood, they see Jesus on the side of the road at an underpass, they exclude Christians from worship, so I guess you could say Catholicism is different from Christianity.
2006-12-12 14:01:14 · answer #8 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
300 years after the birth of Christ (who by the way was a Good man....however, his good deeds was used by man as political tools for control)
2006-12-12 14:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by Fried Plantain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day they removed the 2nd commandment ,their tradition nullifies the Word of God ,Christians believe in one mediator ,Catholics pray to whomever ,that is if they been dead for at least a hundred years then they look up their hidstory anfd if they did enough good works they call him a saint and you can pray to him or her then ,In 100 years you will be able to pray to mother teresa
2006-12-12 13:55:37 · answer #10 · answered by Terry S 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋