in regards to christian churches......?

Question

many churches come together with social issues, local, or national. but somehow they are seperated by doctrines. i went to a UCC church as a child, but we would occasionally have guests from a local baptist church, and occassionally we were invited to worship with them. it seems most protestsant churches can do this easily, but can and does the catholic church?

Answer 1

Yes...but I can speak only for what I've seen in my own Diocese. First I must explain the difference between a Catholic Mass and a Service. The Mass has strict guidelines that we follow, and a Catholic Priest must always preside. It also has a very strict format and we normally don't have "guest speakers", per se, on any occasion, Catholic or otherwise.

It is fairly common during a funeral or Wedding Mass of a Catholic and a non-Catholic to have a Protestant Minister, or Rabbi, or Orthodox Priest, or whatever, assist the Catholic Priest during the Mass...with the Bible Readings, Eulogy, or something else.

Occassionaly, toward the end of the Mass there is a part that is used for announcements and brief talks...such as a talk from the Parish Council or a particular Missionary. Several times in the past, a speaker from a Non-Catholic Church or group will give a talk on some sort of project or mission they're representing...or something of the such.

Then there's what we call a Service....which is more informal and is not structured to be a replacement for the Mass. These are common and are held for a variety of purposes.

Our Parish and Diocese regularly hold what are called Ecumenical Services, particularly around Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving. Ministers of all faiths help preside during these services. The Catholic Church is intent on emphasizing the various denominations' sameness and oneness (things on which we agree) rather than pointing out differences.

The Priests at my Parish speak at a service at a Protestant Church, Mosque or Synagogue probably a couple of times a month.

Again, the Priest's goal isn't to "convert" anybody...it is to demonstrate the oneness of the Body of Christ...or our unity in God / Allah / Yahweh. We Catholics know that Christians disagree on many things...my wife and I are both cradle-Catholics and even WE don't agree on everything Catholic. So it's not as if all Catholics know for a fact that we're perfect and that everybody else is wrong!

Some of the most highly regarded Theologians and Composers of the Catholic Church aren't (weren't) even Catholic...e.g. C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterson, Marty Haugen, etc.
http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=635

http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3744

Answer 2

I have gone to a Catholic church with my friend and do not find them so different than Baptist church. Always check it out for yourself for yourself unless the doctrine is just off the wall.

Answer 3

In my personal experience as a Catholic I don't recall any Masses where we had any official interfaith mixing. I don't recall any non-Catholic ministers invited to the official in church worship so on that aspect I would say no. On the otherhand, I know that anyone of any denomination of belief is welcome and invited in general to worship alongside Catholics at mass however participation in the Eucharist is restricted to Catholics only. Outside of official sunday services however the church supports interfaith activities not only with other Christians but people of other religions as well.

Answer 4

the Protestant churches were protesting against the Catholic Church (95 thesis on the Wittenburg Door by Martin Luther)

so that is like Florida and Florida State coming together for dinner
....N O T

Answer 5

Once or twice a year we have combined Mass in the park for all Churches in my area, I am Catholic

God Bless You

Answer 6

POV, my friend. And to the second question, the Catholic Church is not friendly to active Protestants. Just politics within the church, and bullshit overall. Just another reason to discard organized religion.

Answer 7

Yes, lucky for islam, there's no difference. The q'uran and bukari and tabari all preaches the same crrap.

Muhammad raped women and encouraged his men to rape women. The booty(women) were always shared after a raid between muhammad and his men.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59 Number 459 - "I entered the Mosque, saw Abu, sat beside him and asked about sex. Abu Said said, 'We went out with Allah's Apostle and we received female slaves from among the captives. We desired women and we loved to do coitus interruptus.'"


Muhammad had sex with a BIOlogicially underaged girl of 9 years old when he was past 53 yrs old.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64 -Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was just nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).


Muslims keep lying that Muhammad is clean. Sure, as clean as faecal water.


The Islamic Q’uran is NON-Contextual and relies on the Bukhari to paint its backdrops. (Top 2 most ‘holy’ Islamic books). These teachings are prevalent throughout the book.

Judge the following for yourself.

Qur’an 8:60 “Infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them.”
Bukhari:V4B52N260 “The Prophet said, ‘If a Muslim discards his religion, kill him!’”
Qur’an 5:51 “Believers, take not Jews and Christians for your friends.”
Bukhari [4:52:177]: Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him!"

Bukhari, V1B4N234: "A group of people from the Oreyneh and Oqayelh tribes came to the prophet to embrace Islam, the prophet advised them to drink the urine of the camels. Later on when they killed the prophet's shepherd, the prophet seized them, gouged out their eyes, cut their hands and legs, and left them thirsty in the desert to die."


THOUGH THE ISLAMIC ALLAH WANTS MUSLIMS TO KILL ALL NON-MUSLIMS, MANY MUSLIMS ARE NOT DOING SO AT THIS MOMENT (WITH DISAPPOINTMENT FROM THE FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAMISTS) BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW ENJOYING THEMSELVES, SOME AFRAID OF REPRISALS. DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT MUSLIMS ARE PEACEFUL. IF THEY SEEM TO BE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY NON-PRACTICING MUSLIMS.

Answer 8

Your intellect is in need of training so that it can make sharp and proper distinctions between things|
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Why All beliefs Cannot be Equal
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1. The principle of non-contradiction

No one can ever conceive
that one and the same thing can both be and not be.
- Aristotle



At first glance, it may seem arrogant and intolerant to claim that Catholicism is the one true faith, and therefore better than its rivals and its imitators. Such an objection draws its plausibility from a false ideal of equality prevalent in contemporary society. Fortunately, there is a logical and straightforward way to demonstrate that religions cannot be equal: for it can be shown that they contradict one another on many points. For example, if Islam denies the Trinity and Christianity affirms the Trinity, they cannot both be right. If Hinduism and Buddhism maintain that we are repeatedly reborn and live successive lives on earth, but Christianity teaches that we live only once, at least one of the beliefs must be false. Protestantism holds that the Bible is the sole source of divine Revelation and requires no magisterial interpretation, but only private or personal interpretation. Catholicism, on the other hand, holds that divine truth is revealed both by Scripture and by sacred Tradition, and that the Magisterium (from the Latin magister [teacher], i.e., the teaching authority of the Pope together with the bishops in union with him, guided and protected by the Holy Spirit) is the authentic interpreter of divine Revelation. The Catholic view of Biblical Revelation contradicts the Protestant view, so at least one must be wrong. The inequality of religions comes from the fact that with pairs of such contraries, both cannot be right. If a religion is objectively right on a given point, it is superior on that point. If both views are wrong, a third view asserting the truth is superior.

This fundamental inequality of beliefs is based on a first principle of reality and thought called the principle of non-contradiction: nothing can both be and not be under the same aspect at the same time. Because of the principle of non-contradiction, it is simply impossible for all beliefs to be right, and therefore equal at the same time. It is, of course, axiomatic that truth is superior to falsehood.

Some, however, have denied the principle of non-contradiction in theory. They maintain that it is "narrow" to state something is false because it contradicts something else known to be true. They say that reality and thought are richer if we embrace "opposites"- that is contraries - as equally true. Such a thing, however, is not possible. Such impossibility is apparent in the very nature of the notions that contradict one another. With contradictory notions, exactly one must be true and one must be false. When we assert as truth that "there is a Trinity," we are necessarily asserting that the contrary "there is not a Trinity" is false.

In paradoxes opposites can be asserted, however, in a manner that does not violate the principle of non-contradiction. It is precisely these non-contradictory opposites that give us richness in reality and thought. It does not involve the direct opposition of being to non-being for a given thing at a given time. For example, let us consider the concept of the fully mature and realized man, who is both tough and docile. He shows toughness in that he is immovable in defending absolute principles, but is docile in that he is totally receptive to accepting a truth that he does not already know. He is tough and docile under different aspects, so that even though he embraces opposites, there is no contradiction. Reality readily encompasses innumerable such divergences.

Let us return to the principle of non-contradiction. Even those who deny it in theory appeal to it in practice. To advance any argument- whether true or false - the principle of non-contradiction must be used. To provide information in a given thesis, statements must be made in that thesis that exclude those which contradict them. The ideal of complete tolerance, where all beliefs are equally accepted, is impossible in practice. Even extreme liberalism, which attempts to preach such tolerance, is rabidly intolerant toward those systems which do not agree with their liberalism. Christianity is the prime example. It is precisely Christianity’s claims of exclusive truth that caused Christians to be persecuted during the Roman Empire, an empire that prided itself upon being "tolerant" and "open to all beliefs." The effect of the underlying principle of non-contradiction working in the minds of the Roman officials was to outlaw Christianity on the basis that it did not accept the Empire’s multitudinous gods.

Catholicism, then, is not narrow, but infinitely broad. It is capable of incorporating all that is true, good, and beautiful. The very term "catholic" means "universal." Catholicism is the only religion that is capable of this incorporation. The Catholic Church accepts all that is true about other religions and other systems. Any perception of narrowness arises because Catholicism must of necessity reject what contradicts truth, goodness, and beauty. Following upon the principle of non-contradiction, it must reject the not-true, the not-good, and the not-beautiful-that is, the false, the evil, and the ugly. This is precisely where the Church’s condemnations and "thou-shalt-nots" are directed.


Jim McCrea
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Answer 9

Religion isn't where your answer is Thomas. Seeing the world unite in brotherhood won't save you. You are not alone. There is one right there with you now who you can turn to in spirit and in truth. You know what the truth is. You just have to be willing to repent of sin and humble yourself before him. You don't have a burden too great that he can't take it from you and give you his life.