that if you have not been baptized in jesus name and received the holy ghost, you cant even ENTER the kingdom of heaven(John 3:16) i think.
catholics- do you have a different bible then the people in the truth?
2007-01-12 02:03:37 · 11 answers · asked by nobritx 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
+ Baptism +
Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
In obedience to the command of Jesus Christ, all Catholics are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
+ The Holy Spirit +
Catholics receive the Holy Spirit over and over again all through their lives.
One of the main ways of receiving the Holy Spirit is through the reception of the seven sacraments, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist (Holy Communion), Reconciliation (Confession), Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders (Ordination), and even Matrimony.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-12 15:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics have a lot of interesting Catholic-made rules for all to follow. This is the reason for so much of the scandal that has encompassed the Catholic church and its superiors, and it's is completely why so many have chosen to turn from God altogether. You will find many double-standards like this in the Catholic religion.
Why are the Priests not allowed to marry? Where does it say that in the Bible? The Bible is not even clear on whether or not Jesus was really celibate or married....therefore, what is the basis for this? And how about the molestation of so many children who have passed through the Catholic entities? They have no explanation for it...maybe if the Priests were allowed to be married and have real lives and not bound to such unrealistic ideals they might be more upstanding humans. Let us not even divulge the Catholic church's support of child abuse in other forms as well...preaches no sex before marriage, and yet, you have all these Priests coveting young children and hushing them.
Catholicism is one huge hypocrisy, a hypocrisy I have witnessed first-hand. It has torn apart families, and that was never God's will. I have been one of the fortunate ones who was able to come out of the experiences virtually unscathed, and a better person for working toward a more real existence on this earth, and a more realistic view of God. Catholics do not see the Bible for what it actually states...as most of the world has been able to see. I have never known any other religion whose apparent goal was to break others down to the point of controlling them so fiercely...except in occults. It really is very very scary.
2007-01-12 10:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by hjfr27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water baptism is a requirement?
Philip used water baptism in Acts 8, and Peter ordered water baptism at the end of Acts 10. In Acts 9, Paul is baptized in the Spirit, but it can be construed to be water because it does not literally say that. Many Christians have been filled by the Spirit and not undergone a water baptism. You will not find a reference of Christ instituting water baptism. To the Jews, the ritual water cleansing was part of their worship service and duties.
It could be concluded that because water baptism was ordered by Peter, the first pope, it continued for that reason. Protestants practice water baptism, sometimes by immersion, as a testimony, an outward public sign and profession of their changed inner condition. A symbolic washing away of their sins, which only Christ can do by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:11
"As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Catholics are "people in the truth"... they are Christian. Their Bible includes the Apocryphal books, but Protestants do not believe that those books should have been canonized.
Let's speak the truth with love for one another.
(Ex-Roman Catholic)
2007-01-12 10:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Bill Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are none so blind as those who WILL NOT see.
It's obvious you've never been to a Catholic baptism before. Thus, you've never seem a priest Baptize one "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit".
You need to do a better job at guarding against ignorance of things you HATE.
2007-01-16 09:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me? Baptism is the first sacrament that a Catholic receives. The Catholic Church is the only one who holds the FULLNESS of truth. So what do you mean by people in the "truth?" If you mean protestants, they took two books out of the Bible, so yes, we have a different Bible.
2007-01-12 10:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by Maurus B. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My position is simple position is simple. If a Roman Catholic believes in the official Roman Catholic teaching on salvation, then he is not a Christian since the official RCC position is contrary to scripture. Therefore, as a whole, Roman Catholics need to be evangelized. They need to hear the true Gospel. They need to hear that they are not made right before God by being in a church, or by being baptized, but by receiving Christ (John 1:12), believing that Jesus has risen from the dead (Rom. 10:9), and that justification is by faith (Rom. 5:1) and not by our deeds (Rom. 4:5). It is only true faith that results in true works (James 2), not the other way around. Roman Catholics, like anyone else, need to trust in Jesus alone for the forgiveness of their sins and not the Catholic sacraments, not the words of the priest, not the pope, not Mary, not the saints, not penance, not indulgences, not the rosary, etc. Jesus alone is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
Finally, I believe that there are truly regenerate Christians in the Roman Catholic church. But, they are truly Christians in spite of official RCC theology and in spite of the ritualistic offerings of this ancient church which has had too many hands meddling in it through the centuries, gradually moving it away from orthodoxy and into apostasy. Yes apostasy. The Roman Catholic Church is no longer representing true Christianity.
Jesus alone saves. Jesus alone is Lord. Only Jesus' sacrifice can cleanse us. Only by faith are we made right before God. Justification is by faith, not by anything we do.
2007-01-12 10:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
we do have the same Bible. but there are some denominations that use additional books that the Catholic Church does not. and last I checked, it was the Catholic Church that compiled the modern Bible that all Christians use, so techincally, you are using our Bible. =D
2007-01-12 10:09:23 · answer #7 · answered by eriq p 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aren't Catholics baptized as babies?
(And y'all wonder why the rest of us don't take a lot of Christians serious. Christian on Christian hatefulness is rampid.)
2007-01-12 10:07:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Catholics beleive in God. The first string entity not the second string.
2007-01-12 10:07:12 · answer #9 · answered by Dane 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no such place
2007-01-12 10:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by jsjmlj 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋