To me, a person who follows and believes in Christ is a "Christian."
But I here so many say that Cathloics and Mormons are not Christians... what do you think?
Oh, and what about Jehovas Witnesses?
2006-12-19 07:03:33 · 20 answers · asked by skeptic 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, this falls in the "not a legitimate {anything}" category. They are Christian if they think they are.
2006-12-19 07:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The errors in their theology does not matter as to salvation.
It is an individual decision.
If they believe in the Father in heaven, and His Son Jesus Christ, they will be in heaven when they die.
Same thing applies to Catholics, Mormons, Jehovas Witnesses, etc.
2006-12-19 07:12:27 · answer #2 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a Catholic, I find it insulting to be equated with cults such as Mormonism, and Jehovas Witnesses.
It can be historically proven that Jesus founded the Catholic Church, but too many people would rather believe all the recent lies about Constantine.(which dont appear in any encyclopedia).
Let's take a look at what a Christian said back in 106 AD.
"Where the Bishop appears, there let the people be, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
That was around 10 years after John wrote Revelation. It was written by St. Ignatius of Antioch, who was ordained bishop by St. Peter himself, and taught by St. John the Apostle. If St. Ignatius is not a Christian, then nobody is.
Here is another quote that was written in 375 AD.
"Christian is my name, and Catholic my surname. The one designates me, while the other makes me specific. Thus am I attested and set apart... When we are called Catholics it is by this appellation that our people are kept apart from any heretical name." Saint Pacian of Barcelona, Letter to Sympronian.
I believe there has been and still is, a conspiracy to keep Christians in the dark about their roots, and to spread historical falsehoods that dont make sense, and prevent people from reading the early church fathers because none of them were evangelicals or born agains, or Protestants of any kind. All the Early Church Fathers were Catholic/Christians.
The term "Catholic" to describe Christians occurs in Ignatius, Letter to the Smyrneans 106AD; Martyrdom of St. Polycarp 155AD; Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 202AD; Cyprian, Unity of the Catholic Church 251AD; Cyprian, Letter to Florentius, 254AD.
Do you really think Constantine was around in all these dates?
2006-12-19 07:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
properly, for one element you're basing your information on an imprecise college survey. then you proceed on with your guy or woman adventure for added info, and yet, you have no theory that Judaism is like Christianity in a diverse way - it too has sub-gadgets of its greater effective group. Like Christianity is caught alongside with a style of communities that don't carry to unique teachings, comparable manage the Jews. you are able to relatively be seen a Catholic or a Jew, and yet have self assurance in no god in any respect. the two Christianity and Judaism are the two a faith and an ethnic group. (i've got self assurance the comparable of different religious communities, yet i do no longer understand adequate of the others to declare for helpful.) It enables plenty to renowned which you're speaking of - the ethnic group or the God-ideals. inspect how many on right here declare to be the two a member of a spiritual group and an atheist. Open your eyes to what you're particularly experiencing.
2016-12-15 04:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Christians are primarily interested in WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES (see Scriptures below).
Meanwhile, trinitarians repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. 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
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/article_04.htm
2006-12-19 18:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Catholics are just Christians mislead in their beliefs about the Church, but Christians at the center.
I do not believe that Mormons are Christians. They believe that God was once man and that man can become God! They believe Jesus was only a man, not God! Their Book of Mormon disagrees in so many places with the Bible it's not even funny! These ares some fundamental truths that Mormons and Christians disagree on, so they are not the same.
I don't know didly about Jehovas Witnesses therefore I can't answer that part. I want to learn more about them though.
2006-12-19 07:08:52 · answer #6 · answered by L-dog =) 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Many Christians know that these three particular religions (you should include the Orthodox which makes four) are radically different. JW's deny Jesus as God and His eternal existence, which seems silly. Mormons have a strange "new" scripture. Catholics and Orthodox are intimidating and have "apostolic succession" or a secession of bishops whose roots go back to the original apostles. If they accepted that (among other things), then they would have no recourse but to become part of it, possibly giving up their ministries.
2006-12-19 07:10:19 · answer #7 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why would someone who believes in Jesus not be a Christian? Also, technically, Catholics were Christians long before Protestants arrived with the Lutherian Reformation.
2006-12-19 07:45:11 · answer #8 · answered by ethereality 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I they or anyone believes that Jesus, God's Son died on the cross for their sins and rose again on the 3rd day and like you said lives for and loves Christ then yes they are Christians.
2006-12-19 07:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by m cheryl 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most Defenately they are. There is TONZ of Christian Religions Including the ones you mentioned.
Hey no, no and 1 minute ago rhymes. Thats cool but he is wrong to say that they are not christian because the Mormon Religion is centered only on christ. He is the head of the Mormon church. To all the Hater's out there We as mormons Know that Jesus Is God he is the literal son of god so that makes him part of the Godhead meaning he is God. THE BOOK OF MORMON IS A RECORD OF "CHRISTIANS" OR A JOURNAL IF YOU MIGHT SAY. IF YOU DENY THE BOOK OF MORMON YOU ARE DENYING THAT THERE COULD NOT BE CHRISTIANS ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. IT WAS WRITTEN IN 600 B.C. AND IT DOESNT TAKE AWAY FROM THE BIBLE. THE Prophet Isaiah testified of the Book of Mormon. The Book Of Ephesians Meaning Paul testified of the LDS church and its Restoration.
2006-12-19 07:06:51 · answer #10 · answered by big pappy 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
all cults. They all have too much interference from man. They have the Catholic Bible and the middle man of a priest to judge. You do not have to confess to a man all of your sins to get to heaven. Just accept Christ's gift of salvation and live your life for him.
, the Mormans have their Book of Mormon, which was created by man. You don't add to and take away from the Bible! That makes it a twisted version of God's word and untrue. They also make ridiculous prophesies that haven't come true and then adjust it later. Their doctrines change regularly when their lies are uncovered. They also believe that everyone can become a god or goddess if they do enough good works. Jesus is the ONLY way into heaven. Works won't get you there.
Jehovah Witnesses' Bibles are twisted as well. They were also formed by a man of trickery and their twisted "bible" contridicts itself.
They are all cults. I suggest you research all of them a little more before you decide to join one.
2006-12-19 07:12:41 · answer #11 · answered by question asker 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋