How come christians have 3 different beliefs?

Question

and if u may tell me what is the difference, cause i think it's a particular difference

the protestants, the catholics and orthozox. one of them beliefs that jesus is god. and other beliefs that he is son of god,, i think. u tell me

Answer 1

There are three classifications of Christians: Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox.

Eastern Orthodox: Eastern Orthodox Christians are found mostly in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The Eastern Orthodox Church took shape in the eastern half of the Roman Empire during the Dark Ages. Orthodox theology is heavily influenced by ancient Hellenistic thought. According to the Orthodox, Adam was not created mortal or immortal, but with the potential to choose one or the other. When Adam sinned, he became mortal. When Cain killed Able, death was introduced into the human race. Mortality, which is a physical characteristic that is passed on from parent to child, causes self-centered behavior, which is sin. Jesus was God incarnate, who died on the cross and rose again from the dead. The universe is governed by the providence of God. Anything that contributes to the final culmination of all things is good, and is energized by God. Anything that opposes the final culmination of all things is a negation of good. People who do the will of God are thus energized by God, and so are united to God. Through the rituals and rites of the Church, people can become united to God and participate in the resurrection of Christ. This frees us from the inclination to sin, and allows us to live a life acceptable to God. At the end of time, God will reveal his glory to all creation. Those who are united to God sacramentally will bask in the paradise of his glory. Those who are not united to God will suffer torment from his presence. God has thus far refused to reveal himself to man, because he is mercifully waiting for sinners to repent before that great day. Orthodox theology is apophatic, and begins with the assumption that man cannot express what God is, but only what he is not.

The Roman Catholic Church took shape at the same time as the Eastern Orthodox Church, but in war-torn western Europe. Roman Catholics see things a little differently, and I am no expert on their theology. Essentially, they believe that God gave a law to Adam. Adam broke that law, and so deserved the death penalty, which God had ordained. Because God is just, the penalty must be executed. But, because God is merciful, he sent Jesus, his only Son, to die in our place, thereby fulfilling the justice of God. The rite of baptism removes the guilt of original sin. If we sin after baptism, the Church has the authority to remit that sin, provided we confess it and accept the rite of absolution. After death, any sin that we have not confessed is purged over a period of time in a state called Purgatory. Those who commit mortal sins (like murder) without receiving absolution will end up in hell, which is a state of eternal torment in a lake of fire. We gain the strength to overcome sin and grow closer to God through the sacraments, such as baptism and the Holy Eucharist.

Protestants appeared in the 16th century. Protestant theology was based on the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo, as well as the philosophy of nominalism. Protestants maintained that the Church did not have the power to dictate matters of faith, that salvation was a free gift of God and did not depend on any action of the individual, and that the Bible was the ultimate authority in matters of doctrine. They rejected the idea of purgatory and the rite of absolution, but otherwise maintained the same view as the Catholics on original sin and the atonement. Protestants take many forms, but most agree on a few central points: 1) The Bible is the sole rule of faith for the Christian, 2) Salvation is based entirely on what we believe, and not on any act that we perform, 3) Christians do not depend on the Church for salvation or the remission of sins. Unlike Orthodox and Catholics, Protestants do not generally believe in praying to saints or praying for the souls of the dead, and they do not call their clergy "father."

Concerning the Trinity - most Christians agree on this concept, but they have a few differences. Orthodox Christians maintain that the Father is the source of the Trinity, and that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father to the Son, just as energy proceeds from Potential to Actualization. Roman Catholics maintain that the Holy Spirit is the manifestation of the love that the Father and the Son share, and so proceeds from both the Father and the Son. Protestants usually leave the Trinity undefined, and express it as simply Three Persons (or Personalities) in one Essence. Orthodox theology maintains that the three persons of the Trinity are one in a general, usiversal sense, and are three in a specific, individual sense.

Answer 2

The trinity: The father(God) the Son(Jesus) and the Holy Ghost(Spirit). The Old Testament was about God himself. He actually spoke to people, they could hear his voice but not see him. I believe he spoke to Moses through a burning bush. The New Testament is about Jesus. Before Jesus died he told his desciples that he was going to the one who sent him but he would not leave them alone, he would send them the Holy Spirit. Jesus was a human example of how God wants us to live our lives on earth. For us that were not alive when Jesus walked the earth we have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us. So basically our prayers and conversation is with the Holy Spirit that lives within us if we accept Christ as Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit is the intercessor between us and God.

Answer 3

Ever heard of the Holy Trinity? The Father,The Son, And The Holy Spirit.

Answer 4

There is only one bible, so its only one believe.
if anyone who claimed to be christian believe in things not in the bible, so their believes are false.

God is one, He is trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
the father is God
the son is God
the Holy spirit is God
Not three Gods but one God

so sometimes people say jesus the son of God sometimes they said jesus is God and both are right. but its only One GOD.

Orthodox, Catholic and who u can count ander the name of christianity they believe in this one belief. and if not their believes are false.

Answer 5

There is one God consisting of three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Not three gods, not three gods in one, but one God consisting of three persons. It is called the trinity.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the Savior of the world.

Answer 6

There are no doubt many different doctrines that exist within the plethora of denominations in Christiandom. The Early Church in the book of Acts lays the foundtion for the church in how they should operate. Look for a local church that follows the examples in the Book of Acts. They met in houses mostly.

Answer 7

What 3 different beliefs?

Edit:
God exists in three entities - God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. This is called the Holy Trinity. I'm protestant.

Within Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a perichoresis of three persons (hypostases, personae): Father, the Son (incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth), and the Holy Spirit, and thus is sometimes used by Christians as a name for God.[1].

Since the 4th Century, in both Eastern and Western Christianity, this doctrine has been stated as "One God in Three Persons," all three of whom, as distinct and co-eternal "persons" or "hypostases," are of one indivisible Divine essence, a simple being. Supporting the doctrine of the Trinity is known as Trinitarianism. The majority of Christians are trinitarians and regard belief in the trinity as a test of orthodoxy. Opposing, nontrinitarian positions include Binitarianism (two deities/persons/aspects), Unitarianism (one deity/person/aspect), the Godhead (Mormonism) (three separate beings) and Modalism (Oneness) which are held by some Christian groups.

"Trinity" is a term that is not found in the Bible but a word used to describe what is apparent about God in the Scriptures. The Bible clearly speaks of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit...and also clearly presents that there is only one God. Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity" meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about God, that God is yet three "Persons" who have the same essence of deity.

Some have tried to give human illustrations for the Trinity, such as H2O being water, ice and steam (all different forms, but all are H2O). Another illustration is an egg having a shell, egg yolk and egg white, but this egg illustration shows that there would be "parts" to God, which isn't the case.

God the Son (Jesus) is fully, completely God. God the Father is fully, completely God. And God the Holy Spirit is fully, completely God. Yet there is only one God. In our world, with our limited human experience, it's tough to understand the Trinity. But from the beginning we see God this way in Scripture. Notice the plural pronouns "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26 -- Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Though not a complete list, here is some other Scripture that shows God is one, in Trinity:

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" (Deut. 6:4)

"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)

There is no God but one. (1Cor. 8:4)

And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17)

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 28:19)

Jesus said: "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30)

"He who has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14:9)

"He who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me." (John 12:45)

If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Rom. 8:9)

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 1:20)

And the angel answered and said to her [Mary], "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)

[Jesus speaking to His disciples] "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you." ... "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him." (John 14:16-17, 23)

Answer 8

I would really want to know the answer of how 3 entities are one..
How could God be himself and his own son AND the holy spirit and still be one entity.. quite confusing !!!

Answer 9

What 3? My belief is in my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!!

Answer 10

There are also Mormons, Amish, Jehovahs Witnesses, Christian Scientists