Are Catholics and Christians the same? What about Protestans?

Question

Are they simmular? Do they get along?

Answer 1

"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 2

Catholics are Christians and so are Protestants. Protestants are those that are in protest to or not in agreement with the Catholic teachings.
It is not that they do not get along they just have different teachings. Even their bibles are different. The catholic bible contains the Apocrypha. It is the only bible which contains that book. That book was never ordained as the Word of God. Although the Catholic faith was the first organized religion the catholic church most are familiar with now is not the same.

Answer 3

I am glad I converted to Catholicism.

I am always seeking knowledge.

I found this info online as 'additional readings" :


Protestants being thus impious enough to make liars of Jesus Christ, of the Holy Ghost, and of the Apostles, need we wonder if they continually slander Catholics, telling and believing worse absurdities about them than the heathens did? What is more absurd than to preach that Catholics worship stocks and stones for gods; set up pictures of Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and other saints, to pray to them, and put their confidence in them; that they adore a god of bread and wine; that their sins are forgiven by the priest, without repentance and amendment of life; that the pope or any other person can give leave to commit sin, or that for a sum of money the forgiveness of sins can be obtained ? To these and similar absurdities and slanders, we simply answer: "Cursed is he who believes in such absurdities and falsehoods, with which Protestants impiously charge the children of the Catholic Church. All those grievous transgressions are another source of their reprobation."

"But what faith can we learn from these false teachers when, in consequence of separating from the Church, they have no rule of faith? ... How often Calvin changed his opinions! And, during his life, Luther was constantly contradicting himself: on the single article of the Eucharist, he fell into thirty-three contradictions! A single contradiction is enough to show that they did not have the Spirit of God. "He cannot deny Himself" (II Timothy 2:13). In a word, take away the authority of the Church, and neither Divine Revelation nor natural reason itself is of any use, for each of them may be interpreted by every individual according to his own caprice ... Do they not see that from this accursed liberty of conscience has arisen the immense variety of heretical and atheistic sects? ... I repeat: if you take away obedience to the Church, there is no error which will not be embraced.

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Additional Reading
Against the Reformers

St Alphonsus Mary De Liguori (1696-1787)Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible online

Answer 4

YEs, I get along with them as much as possible. But if you get into specifics, Protestants are looked at as 'upstrarts' by the Roman Catholics in many cases. The Roman Catholic Church are looked at by many Protestants as the Harlot woman in the Book of Revelation.

But, as you already might know, they come together as Jesus is the center of their religious faith. Jesus was man and Go, both at the same time, and the Holy Spirit and the Son of God, and God the Father as being one God.

People are people, so you have to know that people are going to range from hatred, to annoyance, to tolerance, to friendship. It depends on the person. ( :

Good question by the way.

Answer 5

So far you've been given alot of opinions. I would like to give you a real answer. The bible itself mentions Christians by name ONE time:

Acts 11:26 -
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Disciples (students and followers) of CHRIST are Christians. Which means Catholics and, sadly, many Protestants, are not true Christians. Catholics are disciples of their CHURCH, the RCC, and followers of the pope. A true Christian is a disciple of the LORD himself, and a follower of him also, relying on his instruction and guidance through his holy Word and prayer.

Opinions are like noses; everybody's got one. The truth is found in the Word of God and can be seen in those who reflect its teachings and worship the LORD God Almighty, and who serve the LORD God and him only. A true Christian will not bow to anyone but the LORD Jesus Christ (Y'shua hamashiach) himself and will adhere to the Word of God even if he/she must stand against everyone else and even lay down his/her life for doing so.

Answer 6

Catholics are the original Christians. Some protested and broke away, and thus became known as "Protestants". Some Johnny-come-latelys have tried to co-opt the term "Christian" and either implicitly or explicitly deny that Catholics are Christian.

Answer 7

Catholics have a greater belief in Mary, they worship her more than they do Jesus.They have different beliefs at time....But they are similar to Christian....Protestant is Christa....Baptist, Protestant,Luthern are all CHristian, they are categorized with HCristian, maybe some different things here and there but all are Christians...You should read up on them all, and you will see the difference...I really couldn texplain it well, but hope it helped a little

Answer 8

Billie--that wasn't the question. She wasn't asking whether or not God/Jesus exists.

"Christians" is an all-inclusive name for those who follow Christ.

Catholics, Protestants, etc. are individual religions. Most are offshoots of the Catholic church. They're pretty similar, but there are differences in CERTAIN beliefs that caused them to separate from the Catholic church. For the most part, they get along.

Answer 9

Ask each one of those groups "Who founded their religion"... If the answer is Martin Luther, King Henry VIII, John Calvin, Robert Browne, John Smythe, John Wesley, Joseph Smith, William Miller, Bishop Schwarz, Mary Baker Eddy, Charles T. Russell, or some pope... then they are something other than what Jesus Christ proclaimed. Jesus Christ built only ONE church. HE is the founder, HE is the head, HE is the Savior, HE is the owner, HE is the builder.

Answer 10

Christianity is a broad term. In subsections under Christianity come Protestants/catholics etc. They are both Christians