What are the Chrisitian beliefs and what are the Catholic beliefs?
2006-12-23 09:04:17 · 29 answers · asked by happycowgirl55 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Followers of christianity are divided into many groups ...catholics are one of them ..protestant is another group but basically both are christians ...the protestants were also catholics earlier but they protested over some of the practices followed by the church and as a protest formed their own group. Both have same belief but different method of practice. These are division made for vested interests of those individuals who wanted to remain in power.
2006-12-23 09:14:19 · answer #1 · answered by winning_streak 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are Christians. Somehow the word Catholic has been turned into something that it doesn't mean, like it's a religion outside of Christianity when it's not. Catholic is simply a denomination, like Baptist, Mormon, Penacostal, and so forth. The difference, as far as denominations IN Christianity, breaks down into two main categories: Catholic and Prostestant. The catholics on one side, and the protestants on the other (baptists, mormon, penacostal...).
Beliefs? Most Christians have the same basic beliefs: The Holy Trinity, the birth of Jesus from the Virgin Mary, His death and resurrection, baptism, forgivness of sins and the hope of eternal life in heaven. You can look at the Apostle's Creed and get a brief, concise description of what Catholics believe any day of the week. When it comes to protestants, that's not so easy because there are so many different protestant denominations and they each believe different things.
However, the Apostle's Creed is a good place to start. In that one statement are the beliefs of Christianity from start to finish.
Hope this helps, God bless.
2006-12-23 09:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Christian believes in the same things as a Catholic, but Catholic is a kind of Christian religion.
2006-12-23 09:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by Claudia 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Roman Catholic Church STARTED "Christianity" as we know it today. That was around 1600 years ago when the first Bible was compiled...
The Protestant Christians came about 500 years ago during the Great Reformation when certain Believers began to PROTEST against --and depart from-- the Mother Church because of her doctrines and teachings.
Today, with over 30,000 religious denominations found within [Protestant] Christianity, the myriad DIFFERENCES between each particular Sect continues to extrapolate proportionately based on each group's interpretation of the Bible, dogmas, and traditions.
Peace be with you.
2006-12-23 09:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are the original Christians, and members of the only church that Jesus Christ ever personally founded, but not all Christians consider themselves Catholics.
For a complete explanation of all Catholic beliefs and practices go here:
http://www.usccb.org/index.shtml
For a complete explanation of all Christian practices and beliefs, you're simply out of luck!
2006-12-23 10:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Catholicism is one branch of Christainity, like Protestant and Orthodox are branches. Catholics have a pope and church hierarchy that is different than other branches, but the general beliefs in Jesus and the Trinity are more or less the same.
2006-12-23 09:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by V.W. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians belive in grace alone for salvation. Catholics believe grace is not sufficient, there must also be works. Christians don't pray to Mary or the Saints, we take our prayers directly to Christ. Catholics pray to Mary and the Saints. Christians believe that intercessory prayers should come through the living (ie: having a friend pray about something for you) Catholics believe the dead hear their prayers and intercede for them. Christians believe that God forgives their sins through confession and repentance to Him; Catholics believe that a priest can absolve them of sin.
2006-12-23 09:11:57 · answer #7 · answered by shojo 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Technically all catholics are Christians. but not all Christians are Catholics. A catholic belongs to the Roman catholic church, the oldest organized sect of Christianity. During the Great schism and the protestant reformation most other sects of Christianity budded from the catholic church.
2006-12-23 09:08:04 · answer #8 · answered by Optimus Maximus 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Roman Catholicism is a sect of Christianity. They believe virtually the same with a few minor differences. But those differences are why people break a part anyways, right?
2006-12-23 09:07:42 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christians, rather true BORN AGAIN Christians are like night and day vs catholics. Catholics ignore John 3:3 when Jesus told Nicodemus , "I assure you,unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God'...They also ignore another important Scripture, Ephesians 2:8,9 : For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Catholics seem to think one must EARN Salvation whereas God said it is a gift. One will NEVER EVER be able to EARN a gift. They rely on sacraments as well which are useless. Jesus said NO ONE comes to the Father except through Me(this is why confessing one's sins to a priest is worthless...God can hear us just fine w/o an intercessor)And don't get me started on the pope.. Faith in Christ and accepting what He did at the Cross and rose to defeat death (hell) is the ONLY way to Salvation. The Bible says so.
2006-12-23 09:12:46 · answer #10 · answered by Jeff C 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋