how are catholic people different from christians?

Question

If they both believe in GOD why are there different religion lyk "christians" and "catholics" ??

Answer 1

reality check....Catholics are christian.

Answer 2

Well I feel we are all working for the same boss, though we may have a different look at things and maybe Catholics look at the other books in the Bible that Christian churches do not .

I have some very good friends that are Catholic now I am Pentecostal so it does make for some interesting conversation and talks. But as I said before I feel we are all working for the same boss.

If you belive that Jesus is the Son of God and He came to save mankind , and believe me he has his hands full doing that . I don't think heaven is going to have Catholic Corner or Pentecostal Place or Assembly of God Ave. We are all going to be there together.

Like I said we are all working for the same boss

Answer 3

Christians are followers of Christ and obey His commandments.
The Bible says in John 2:3,4:

3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Roman Catholics do not keep the Ten Commandments.
The have taken the 2nd out because they follow the pagan Roman religion of worshipping statues.
In the Cathecism there are only 9 commandments, and the 4th have been changed into meaning the 1st day Sunday and called it the day of the Lord, when it was the day of the Sun God. To make the number still Ten, the split the Tenth commandment, into number 9 and 10. Yes, the do help a lot of poor people and do a lot of charity works around the world, but history recorded also, that they massacred more than 65 million Protestants through the ages by the Inquisition.

The worship of Mary was never taught by Jesus and His disciples, it was a tradition of all the pagan nations to worship the Queen of Heaven, starting with Semiramis, then Egyptians' Isis and Horus, and all similar worship of mother and son statues only with different names.

The Roman Catholics actually started when the Bishop of Rome took over power after destroying the 3 Arian nations: the Vandals, Heruli and Ostrogoths in 538 AD.

The Bible teaches that "the just shall live by faith", not to call any one "father", to worship on the Seventh-day Sabbath, but all these things had been changed by the Roman Catholic Church.
This has been predicted by Paul in Acts 20:29, 30
29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

It is predicted that the head the Roman Catholic Church will be wounded, but the wound will be healed and finally all the world will follow and obey them, except a few whose name are written in the book of life and will not accept the mark of the beast, although they are threaten with death sentence and are prohibited from buying or selling. (Revelation 13)

Answer 4

When Christianity first started there were just Christians. Then the Roman emperor Constantine became a christian and Christianity became the state religion. Eventually the leader of the church became the Pope and the Church had political power as well as spiritual power. Many leaders of the church used it for their own ends.

In the 15th century Martin Luthor and others began to question the church's teaching, and the reformation began. Out of this protestant churches were formed, so called because ther protested against the absolute power of the Pope. The churches further broke into different groups having slightly different teaching.

Thus in Christianity we have a wide range of churches having different teaching of which Roman Catholics are just one.

God would like us all to be one, but because we are only human and not perfect we need different ways within Christianity to worship, but we are all one in Christ.

Answer 5

First of all, the very distinction you are making is incorrect (don't feel bad, a lot of people make this mistake). Catholics are Christians. They are just a type of Christian, much like an Episcopalian or a Baptist is a type of Christian. The correct distinction is Catholic or Protestant. Protestant is the umbrella term for all denomintations that aren't Catholic or Orthodox Christian. If you meant to ask what is the difference between Protestant and Catholics, well, that is a very complicated question, but one important distinction, I think, is that for Protestants the eucharist is a symbol of Jesus' sacrifice while for Catholics, the Eucharist actually is the body and blood of Christ.

Answer 6

There are many traditional practices that Catholics do, that lets say a Baptist Christian would not. For example, Catholics pray to saints. The Bible however, specifically states that one must not pray to the dead, even saints. Jesus has all the time in the world to answer prayers because he created time. Catholics also baptize children at the "baby" stage of their life. But Jesus says that one should be baptized when they accept Jesus as their lord and savior. A baby cannot accept Jesus as their lord and savior b/c they do not yet understand anything. So at best, all that baby baptism does is sybolize what one would hope they become, basically pointless b/c it's the babies decision whether or not they accept Jesus. The list goes on and on and anyone can get the info online. Good luck!

Answer 7

Catholics are not different from Christians. They are Christians. Protestants are also Christians. A Christian is anyone who believes that Jesus was the Son of God and died for our sins, to restore us to a right relationship with God. Fundamentally Catholics and Protestants would agree with this, though they might differ on some other doctrines and might practice their faith differently.

Answer 8

All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholic.

Catholicism is original Christianity. Other forms of Christianity started breaking away from Catholicism relatively recently in Christian history -- beginning in the 16th century, to be precise.

Catholic and non-Catholic Christians alike believe in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe in the divinity and the redemptive work of Christ. We believe in salvation through faith and in the immortality of the human soul.

There are other beliefs that differ between Catholicism and other Christian faith traditions. Most non-Catholics, for instance, don't believe that Christ is physically present in the Eucharist. Most don't believe in Catholicism's Marian beliefs, in purgatory, in papal authority and apostolic succession, in confessing sins to God through a priest, in devotion to Mary and the saints, and other beliefs.

But the core beliefs -- that there is one God in three persons, one of those persons being Jesus -- are the same.

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Answer 9

"What separates us as believers in Christ is much less than what unites us." (Pope John XXIII)

Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and other Christians.

Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):

By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.

There are many minor doctrine issues and some major cultural traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.

A Catholic worships and follows Christ in the tradition of Catholicism which, among other things, recognizes that Christ made Peter the leader of His new Church and Pope Benedict XVI is Peter's direct successor.

With love in Christ.

Answer 10

Catholics ARE christians. And coming from a Catholic family, I know firsthand that, for some reason, they like to differentiate themselves from everyone else because they drink wine and Jes-its. I guess living in the South kinda makes you want to make sure you're not part of that Bible-Belt, fire and brimstone, bible thumping mentality.

Answer 11

There are many differences. The one major one I can think of is that Catholics put great emphasis on Mary and Saints. Protestants do not. While they are revered, the trinity: Father (God), son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit are the ones who are prayed to and worshiped. There are many more differences but space is limited. I think both religons are Christian and beautiful! Merry Christmas!