2007-01-02 08:45:28 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Im actually asking because i don't understnd so if you aint going to answer with respect please don't bother, thankyou!!
2007-01-02 08:50:02 · update #1
Why am i getting thumbs down?
I asked a question as i was confused outta sincerity (what is wrong wid some people)
2007-01-02 08:53:31 · update #2
Tofu Jesus- couldnt you just answer without the sarcasm?
2007-01-02 09:02:14 · update #3
Amar Arm Strong- thanx brother
2007-01-02 09:02:57 · update #4
A Catholic is a Christian
There are diffrent types of Christians
As you get diffrent types of Muslims, but they basically follow the same objective, with mina diffrences
For Example:- Suni and Shia
2007-01-02 09:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh, pardon me, I have to scream now. Since you appear to be a Muslim I will not scream too loud. This question has been asked so many times, and usually by some Christian!! The Christian religion has 4 branches. There are in order of appearance: The Orthodox, the Anglican, the Roman Catholic (who call themselves Catholic) and the Protestant (of which there are over 200 types.)
At one time there was only one Church. Then in 1054 there was a dispute between those in the East and those in the West. When they broke up the East called themselves Orthodox and the West, Catholic. (Later the Western church broke up again into the Anglican and Protestant. The Roman Catholic still calls themselves Catholic. But the term catholic means "universal". It also means a certain type of worship. I am an Episcopalian (Anglican) and consider myself to be Catholic, but not Roman Catholic. Have I totally confused you now? Sorry.
PS. You will read a lot of falsehood in some answers here. They just don't know.
2007-01-02 08:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
From the outside? A catholic is a kind of Christian. Your basic set is
Roman Catholic (they're into the Pope)
Orthodox (there are five main groups, each with a kind of archbishop in charge)
Protestant (there are about a billion varieties, and none of them acknowledges any ultimate leader other than God and the bible, with the exception of the Anglicans, who are Catholic-lite: they have a substitite pope in the shape of Her Maj, Queen Elizabeth 2, our very own Brenda)
There's also the Coptics - I don't know much about them.
There are also the splinter groups: Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints (Mormons), 7th day Adventists.
You will have a different view of which of these qualify as genuine Christians depending on which set you belong to. For example, if you're a Free Presbyterian (a type of protestant) you won't count the Catholics as Christians.
2007-01-02 08:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholicism is a form of Christianity that bears a direct line to the early Christian churches. While there are multiple types of Catholicism, Roman Catholics are by far the most numerous, with roughly one billion adherents worldwide. The Roman Catholic church is headed by a single pontif, called the Pope, and administrated through the Pope's offices in Rome, Italy. The church organization has a complex heirarchy of religious leaders and a comprehensive catechism for believers.
Besides Catholics, there are many other denominations of Christians, some of whom's beliefs vary widely. Most Catholics, when asked their religion, would identify themselves as Catholics, rather than Christians, but they consider Catholicism a Christian faith. Some more fundamentalist Christian groups (especially within the "born-again" movement) do not consider Catholics to be true Christians.
2007-01-02 08:57:00 · answer #4 · answered by marbledog 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are two definitions for "Christian" in American religious terms.
The first is a person who follows the teachings of Jesus. This is the big group, and can include different sects ranging from liberal to conservative, pacifist to militant, and Fundamentalists (who believe the Bible literally) to people who don't believe in the resurrection of Jesus.
The second definition is a person who literally believes in the Bible (a Fundamentalist), and believes that a person must believe in the sacrifice, death and resurrection of Jesus in order to be saved from Eternal damnation (and will quote John 3:16 and a bunch of verses from Romans.)
Catholics, more precisely Roman Catholics, are Christians who are members of the Catholic church. The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, and is very traditional.
(While the Catholic Church often claims to be the first church, that isn't really true. Christianity went through several transformations and power struggles in it's early days. Also the Catholic church is one of the two churches that came about after the great Schism of 1054.)
2007-01-02 09:19:30 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Bad Day 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
None - Catholicism is simply a tradition of Christianity.
Catholics are actually the oldest of all Christian Churches having a history that stretches back over 2000 years. Catholics have a rich and varied ritual and theological tradition. There are two styles of Catholicism namely Orthodox and Roman Catholicism. They are two worlds apart, but come from the same source.
Protestants arose out of the Reformation in the mid 1500s. They tend to take a very scholastic and rationalistic approach to faith and scripture. Their ritual tradition is very austere and spartan compared to Catholic tradition.
2007-01-02 08:51:10 · answer #6 · answered by OrthoAng 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Denominations don't mean as much as they used to. There are many Roman Catholics who are Christians. I've know many of them and I am a Lutheran.
The problem is that the "denomination(man made organization) bases some of its teachings on the traditions of man and they are not in agreement with the Bible. But this is true of other denominations also.
Happily, these teachings do not prevent all who are members of the Roman Catholic Church from knowing the love of God and their salvation in Jesus Christ....so they ARE Christians!
2007-01-02 09:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"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.
2007-01-02 15:39:53 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly not much.
I used to be a Protestant Christian and now I am a Catholic Christian.
Catholic Describes one single Church based in Rome. Christian describes the Catholics as well as all of the many Protestant Groups that still believe in the Divinity of Jesus.
Peace!
2007-01-02 08:49:25 · answer #9 · answered by C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A 'Catholic' is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, headed by the Pope in Rome. It is the largest denomination of Christianity, i.e. Catholics are Christians. However, there are many other denominations, such as Protestantism, Methodism, Presbyterianism and so on, which are all Christian.
Each denomination hold to the same essential beliefs, but differ in some details.
2007-01-02 08:48:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋