Why do i keep seeing answers that say Christians and Catholics ?

Question

Why do people write that ?

I don`t think i`ve heard that in England before.

HaHa Simon you got me ,i had a look if it was me who wrote qwestions

Answer 1

All catholics are christians but all christians are not catholics.

Answer 2

Not sure. They're all the same to me.

I don't want to offend anyone, but if you want to play devil's advocate, you could even go as far as to say Jews were the first Christians because they had the Old Testament before any of rest of them and Jesus was originally Jewish.

And in that case, all forms of Christianity are potentially Cults, as they all broke away from Judaism. I also think Jesus must have been quite a charismatic leader too.

At the end of the day it's all conflicting and all just down to each individuals perspective and perception.

By the way, I was brought up CofE, am dating a lapse-Catholic, one of my friends is Jewish (also ex-housemate), another is a Jehovah's Witness, and I live in a predominantly Muslim part of town. Faith has never been a problem for any us, why is it for others?

In summary:
Why must people separate themselves from other groups?
Why can't we all be friends?

Answer 3

A small but vocal minority believes that a Catholic does not fit the definition of a 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.

Answer 4

Because many protestants, especially those from puritan or evangelical background are bigoted enough not to acknowledge that Catholics are fellow christians, beside some minor doctrinal differences such as liking to calling to intercessors, using images as devotional aids, and regarding the pope of Rome as the supreme religious authority.

Answer 5

I saw a nice answer there. it is true but it reminded me of some twisted logic problems/anecdotes!

all mice eat cheese,
all cats eat mice
therefore all cats eat cheese.
all cows eat grass,
all grass is green
therefore all milk is green.

to be honest, i am not keen on denominations.
my religion is very simple. u r either accepted or not.
whether u believe a specific item or not is
wholly irrelevant. I cannot believe that the Creator of all things
would cast ne1 into eternal darkness and fire bcos
they got one small point a little bit wrong.
when i hear of denominations arguing the toss over their very salvation bcos of whether the resurrection happened or not it makes me a bit sad really.
Jesus said and I quote:-
Love God
Love each other.
that sounds sooooo good to me!!

all the best.

Answer 6

In the early Church there were only 'followers of The way' who were nicknamed 'Christians' at Antioch....and the name stuck.
Some people believe that that by the Reformation the Church had drifted so far as to be no onger Christian: hence catholic & Christian.
Most Christians (Catholic, Reformed or Protestant) accept Catholics as Christians.
So to say 'Catholic & Christian' is wrong.
To be fair, I have heard it more from non-Christians.

Answer 7

Some people are just too lazy to write "non-Catholic Christians" or "Catholics and other Christians". Some people really believe Catholics are not Christians. Some people are just ignorant.

Answer 8

The first christian church was the catholic. Then the great church split in two with Martin Luther (protestant).
I think those who are not catholic are trying to distance themselves from the church because of the reputation it got for itself.(A Priesthood full of sexual deviants and child abusers). The history is just as bad.

Answer 9

Protestants do not like to identify themselves by that name, as it highlights the origin of their tradition, protest against the true Church founded by Jesus Christ. However, they also do not like to associate themselves with the Church they rebelled against, for that again calls to mind their origin, direct disobedience to God, Who stated clearly that all His followers were to be ONE, even as He and His heavenly Father are ONE. Denominationalism has no place in Christianity. But using the phrase "Christians and Catholics" serves the purpose of identifying themselves as followers of Christ, while clinging to their manmade tradition, and simultaneously distancing themselves from that which they fear admitting, that their roots are Catholic, and that the Church Christ founded for them is where they really belong.
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Answer 10

People do not believe that Catholics are Christians, when as a matter of fact Catholics were the first Christians.

Answer 11

Evangelicals in the U.S. like to claim that others are not TRUE chrisians (tm) and they use catholics as a convinient proxy to make that distinction.
Anybody who calls christ god or, in the alternative, believes that christ is the one who intercedes with them for god is a christian.