Who are the actual christians?

Question

First was catholic, then martin luther protested, they became protestantants, protestants protested and became, jehova witness, seventh day adventists, pentecosts, methodists, baptists, etc, etc. so who are the real christians (dont quote from bible, christianity started after the bible was written)

if you say all are christians, who are more christians than others, why

K u are confusing

Answer 1

How could Christianity have "started after the bible was written" if the words "Christian" and "Christians" are actually *IN* the bible?

Answer 2

Implying that one denomination replaces another in history and now "movements" replacing "movements" are pretty much how Modern Evangelicals and Post Modernists view church history. A very similar notion to one form of government taking over another. It is no wonder why they jump from trend to trend in Christianity. I call them ADD Christians, only because I use to be one of them.
No, Lutheranism did not replace Roman Catholicism, Calvinism didn't replace Lutheranism and so on. If Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Pentecostals, Methodists and Baptists replaced Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and the Reformed Churches why are there 71.7 million Roman Catholics in the United States? 13.5 Millions Lutherans? Obviously, these denominations are still around and one does not replace the other.

I personally am affiliated with the Lutheran Church. But there are real/actual Christians in all denominations/church because Christianity is not about affiliation when you are determining legitimacy.

Answer 3

You can't say Christianity started after the bible was written. Anyone who followed Christ is a christian. There were the Christian congregations in bible times which have books of the bible regarding them. So there were always Christians, even Abraham, whose lineage the promised seed came through, believed in the Messiah.

To know who is following the bible as "true Christians". You would need to read the bible and see how "true Christians" are suppose to act and see which religious group as a whole is following the bible in teachings, morals, how they treat others who are a different race or culture, who are doing what Jesus commanded...preaching about the good news of the kingdom.

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and I feel that they fit that description.

I did it, no bible quotes.

Answer 4

Well Christianity started after some of the Bible was written but obviously the Gospels were written, at least in part, after the Christian movement started. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian. I think obviously a Christian is someone who follows Jesus' teachings. Jesus taught us to follow his Father. His father in turn gave us the Bible. So a Christian is someone who follows Bible principles. I know that as a Witness, we are expected to strive to follow the Bible. We are to share what we learn, just as Jesus did. One absolute, never be content to be complacent. What I mean is be willing to change to conform to the Bible. While we struggle to properly translate the Bible, it is not a flawless work, and understanding takes time and effort. Case in point, Christmas. We used to celebrate. Till we researched and realised how very UnChristian it is. That is one trap some fall into. It is easy to do something because it is the way that our parents did it, to truly follow Jesus' teachings we need to KNOW them in our hearts and minds. When we see something going against them, we then must change our ways.

Answer 5

There are many different denominations of Christian churches and they differ on some minor teachings. If a church adheres to the Nicene Creed, it is considered a Christian church. There must be nothing changed, added to or deleted from this creed.

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
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,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with 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 believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father [and the Son],
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy universal and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Answer 6

Jesus was the originator of the church when He said I will build my church. There has always been a true church from that time on, though not always visible in the form of a denomination. Catholicism started with Constantine in the 300's. A 1000 years after they started they began to claim that their religion when back to Peter, but that is not true. In the Bible Peter was clearly not the leader of the church. It is Christ's church that is the true one and it is made up of all who believe in Him by faith, not by any denominational designation.

Answer 7

true Christians, are those who have accepted Christ as the payment for sin. Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship. Jesus died for my sin, and yours, and the whole world. Many people who "wrote" the bible, which is God breathed truth, by the way, were eyewitnesses to the fact that Jesus died and rose again. If we accept Christ as the payment that we could never pay, and repent and turn to God we will be saved.

Answer 8

The word "Catholic" in the Nicene Creed says all you need to know. The word is a composite of two Greek words...KATH = "according to" HOLOS or HOLON = "the whole".

The Creed speaks of only ONE Church...the One, Holy, Catholic (whole) and Apostolic Church.

Since that ONE cannot be divided (Jesus said "that they should be one, even as the Father and I are One)....there is only ONE kind of true Christian.

The person who is Baptized.

Period. The Creeds of Christendom do not allow for "Roman Catholic and Protestant and Baptists and Methodists"....

We "acknowledge ONE Baptism for the remission of sin"

On Lord, one faith, one Baptism....one God and Father of us all.

It's really quite simple.

Answer 9

Those all fit in the Christian category.