2007-01-02 21:33:25 · 5 answers · asked by symillyrehc 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Depends on your definition of Christian.
Most non-Catholic Christian denominations accept Catholics as Christians. A very few do not.
A dictionary would say that a Christian is someone professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
Catholics would fit this definition.
In the Nicene creed, from 325 A.D., Catholics profess:
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father.
Through Him all things were made.
For us and our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the scriptures: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We are baptized as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
We truly are spiritually "born again," we just don't usually use those words.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-03 16:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peace!
Of course, because we adhere to the teachings of Jesus Christ who founded our church. Christian means an "adherent" of Christ. (Acts 11,26) The word Catholic means the larger or universal church. The early church fathers were the first to use the term. For example, Tradition calls the epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude as the Catholic Epistles. So when we say the Catholic Church we mean the universal Christian church.
2007-01-03 23:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Here a nice site for looking at the family tree of Christianity:
http://www.uri.org/Christian_Family_Tree.html
2007-01-03 02:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, one of the many, many, sects of Christianity
2007-01-03 02:10:07 · answer #4 · answered by E V 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they were the originators
2007-01-03 02:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by smm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋