arent catholics technically christians?

Question

i thought they were different religions but i think that theyre actually the same.........

Answer 1

Catholics are Christians.

Answer 2

Catholics are the original Christians in the Western Hemisphere; it's the protestants who are different, so the accurate question is "Technically, are protestants Christians?"

PS. I am amazed at how ignorant people are here; making comments like the "All" other christian groups broke from Rome. That's not true of the Eastern Orthodox churches, nor is it true that Rome is the original and oldest of all churches when the Eastern Orthodox are just as old and historians will tell you the Coptic Church is the oldest of all.

Answer 3

Of course Catholics are Christians, they are the oldest sect of Christianity. The Protestants broke away from the domination of the RC church in The Protestant Reformation over a variety of doctrinal issues. The Catholic church had previously split into the Roman version and the Orthodox version.

Similar to the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and has just as bloody a history.

Jeebus, please save us from religion.

Answer 4

Yes, we were the first ones. Every Protestant, Born again Christian, and other Christians have Catholic roots. Even if they don't want to admit it. The Catholic Church was established in 330, the Protestants came in the1500s. They also split into different factions and Henry VIII established the Anglican Church because the Pope didn't grant him a divorce. Mormons were created by Joseph Smith and Pentecostals were founded in Topeka, Kansas in 1901. The Catholic Church can trace its roots back to the Apostles. We are the first Christians.

Answer 5

Of course, Catholics are Christian. Christian simply means believers in Christ. The word Christian refers to a large group of religions that all believe in Jesus Christ as their savior. Actually the Catholic church was the first Christian church and all other Christian churches came from it. And the over-whelming evidence says that, that it true.

And, many Christians that are not Catholic still see the Pope as the leader of all Christians. Seldom will anyone find a Christian that will speak badly of the Pope. And when he speaks, we listen, at least I do. And I am not Catholic.

Answer 6

Yes, Catholics are Christians. In fact, Catholics were the first Christians. They were the only "Orthodox" Christians until 1054, when the Church was split into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Answer 7

Depends on your definition of 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 8

Catholics were the first Christians. For most of the history of Christianity they were the ony Christians. And, as members of the one Church Christ founded, they are the only Christians He ever intended to exist. So, the real question is "are those who have broken away from the one Church founded by Jesus Christ still technically Christians?". Actually such unauthorized manmade denominational churches are only semi-Christian since they have rejected much of original Christianity; yet the Holy Catholic Church, in Christian charity, accepts them as "separated Christian brethren", even though they lack the fullness of Christian truth.
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Answer 9

Catholics are a division of Christianity. They do have some major belief differences from Protestant Christians.

Answer 10

Yes, although they are pretty different than protestants, which consists of every other Christian group. Being a Christian means being like Christ, and both Catholics and Protestants believe Jesus Christ was the Son of God.