What's the difference between Mormon and Catholic?

Answer 1

Catholic Church Founded in 33 AD by Jesus Christ who made Saint Peter the first Pope.

Orthodox Church 1054
Epicopalian King Henry VIII 1534
Presbyterian John Knox 1560
Congragationalist Robert Browne 1583
Baptist John Smith 1600
Methodist John Wesley 1739
Adventist William Miller 1831
Scientology Mary Baker Eddy 1879
Mormon Joseph Smith 1830

Answer 2

Mormon Vs Catholic

Answer 3

Catholic's believe they have priesthood authority through Peter. Mormons believe none of the apostles passed the priesthood to anybody else, and that John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John appeared to Joseph Smith, and other men with him, and restored the priesthood keys to Joseph Smith. That's the main difference. There are of course several doctrinal differences between the two. Mormons baptize at age 8 or older, Catholics baptize babies. (Mormons believe Christ's atonement covers little children, so they don't need to be baptized.) Mormons believe in a Godhead, Catholics believe in a trinity. Mormons have temples, Catholics don't. Mormons have a prophet and apostles, Catholics don't. Mormons consider the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price scripture, Catholics just have the Bible. Mormons seem to dress more modest than many Catholics... not sure if it's just because some Catholics don't follow Catholic teachings. Mormons don't drink alcohol, Catholics do. Mormons have bread and water for the sacrament or communion, Catholics have wafers and wine. Mormons are more missionary oriented than Catholics. Mormons believe in three kingdoms in heaven, and that most people will go to one of them even if they did bad things or don't believe in Christ. Mormons believe families and couples can be sealed together for eternity. Theres a lot more, but I don't know enough about Catholicism to tell ya.

Answer 4

Both believe in salvation through Christ and believe the Bible to be the word of God. Both believe they have authority from God to act in His name. The Mormons believe that God has always spoken to man and has always called prophets. Therefore, they believe there is a prophet leading the church today (whereas the Catholics have a Pope). The Mormons believe their church is the same church Christ set up when he was alive (when he and his disciples were killed the authority was gone). The Mormons believe in the Book of Mormon, and other scripture, because they believe God is not a respector of persons and reveals his truths to all his children. The Book of Mormon and the Bible to not contradict each other, but are supporting documents to the truthfulness of the Savior and His teachings. The Mormons believe God, His Son and the Holy Spirit are separate beings and the Catholics believe they are one (the Trinity). Using the Bible one could find arguments for both, although the Trinity wasn't a belief really until around 325 AD when the Catholic Church said that would be the doctrine (before that it was believed the beings were separate). Mormons believe everyone must educate themselves and seek their own understanding and witness of the truth. For most of the existence of Catholicism the common member was discouraged from studying the scriptures on their own, but told to rely solely on the teachings of their leaders.

These are just a few things. We should all be educated and respectful of all faiths. I studied numerous and have come to believe what I do. Good luck.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

Actually, Mormons have more in common with Catholics than they have with Protestants. Like Catholics do, Mormons believe in the authority of the Priesthood, without which no holy ordinance (sacrament) can be performed. To be true, the Mormons' other beliefs differ considerably from Catholic theology, but that's one thing they share with them.
I am not a Mormon, but I have to disagree with If GOD B4ME on one point: Mormons do indeed believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Just ask any Mormon, and he will tell you.

Answer 8

Mormons go back to Joseph Smith who taught that he had been given another set of scripture based on Jesus Christ being in the americas.

Catholics is the religion that canonized the bible in 325 CE at the council of Nicea; and believe they have apostolic succession all the way bact to the apostle Peter allegedly the first pope.

Answer 9

There are more differences than simillarities.
One of the 2 has been around longer than the other. The newer one is considered a false cult run by a false prophet.
The churches don't believe in the same
-nature of God
-means of salvation
-nature of Jesus
-nature of faith
-scriptures.

Answer 10

The Mormon Church has a history of identifying the Catholic Church as
The Great and Abominable Church
The Whore of All the Earth
Baylon The Great
The Harlot
The Church of the Devil.

The Book of Mormon talks in specific terms about the Catholic Church (The whore and the abominable church) and in broad terms (Great Babylon and the Church of the Devil).

http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon327.htm

The Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith said the Lord told him that the Catholic Church is wrong and that that the Catholic Creeds are an abomination (JSH 1:18,19).

The Catholic Church teaches that the Father's self-communication made through his Word in the Holy Spirit remains present and active in the Church: God, who spoke in the past, continues to converse with the Church. Divine assistance is given to the successors of the apostles when they propose a teaching that leads to better understanding. The Magisterium of the Church exercises an essential part of its prophetic office of proclaiming to men what they truly are and reminding them of what they should be before God. The Trinity is a dogma. A dogma is truth contained in divine revelation proposed by the Church's living Magisterium, which holds authority from Christ.

The Mormon Churches teaches (GP Chap 6) and the Book of Mormon reveals that Adam's fall was a necessary step in the plan of life and a great blessing to all of us. (2Nephi 2:22-26).

The Catholic Church teaches that Adam and Eve committed a serious sin when they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and that the light of divine Revelation has clarified the sin committed at mankind's origins. Adam did not have to suffer or die, he had the right to choose between life or death. In the garden Adam and Eve were happy being with God and doing good as God's intelligent co-worker. Before the fall Adam had eternal life. Death came through Eve. Death was contrary to the plans of God. The obedience of Jesus has transformed the curse of death into a blessing. The innocent Christ had the knowledge of good and evil but knew nothing of sin. Christ has given us greater blessings than what sin had taken away. Because of the Fall, all men were made sinners. Adam's transgression led to condemnation for all men. Men are cursed with death. Because Adam and Eve did not remain in the garden the beautiful vocation of man and woman to be fruitful, multiply, and subdue the earth was burdened by the pain of childbirth and the toil of work. As a result of Adam's transgression, human nature is weakened in its powers, subject to ignorance, suffering and the domination of death, and inclined to sin. The overwhelming misery which oppresses men and their inclination towards evil and death cannot be understood apart from their connection with Adam's sin.

Mormon Scripture, the Book of Mormon, reveals that infant baptism is an evil abomination (Moroni 8). The Mormon Church teaches that original sin is a false doctrine and that infant baptism is a solemn mockery (LDS Ensign: The Salvation of Little Children).

The Catholic Church teaches that only the light of divine Revelation clarifies the reality of sin and particularly of the sin committed at mankind's origins. Revelation gives us the certainty of faith that the whole of human history is marked by the original fault freely committed by our first parents. The practice of infant Baptism is an immemorial tradition of the Church. There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the beginning of the apostolic preaching, when whole "households" received baptism, infants may also have been baptized [Acts 16:15, 33; 18:8; 1 Cor 1:16]. Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called [Col 1:12-14].

The Mormon Articles of Faith are an attempt to hide almost all of the LDS teachings which separate the Mormon Church from historic Christianity.