what do catholics believe in?

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Answer 1

they believe in purgatory which is not written in the bible. they called there teacher pope (that has a same means as father) which again against the doctrine of Christ.
"Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. " they also believe in trinity and Mary immaculate that has never been though by Jesus and many more to be listed here.

Answer 2

I'm assuming that you mean Catholic as in Roman Catholic. Well, we believe in lot of things.

Most importantly, in terms of our faith, we believe the following;

"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, one in being with the Father; through Him all things were made. For us men and for 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 believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, with the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified.

We believe in one holy catholic 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."

That is the Nicene Creed, from the 4th Century. We say it every Sunday at Mass.

Anything more specific and you might want to narrow your questioning.

And please do not listen to the bigots here. Our salvation is through the blood of Christ, and our faith in him, just like the rest of Christendom. I pray to and worship only Christ, never Mary, any statue, saint, pope or anyone or anything else.

Answer 3

Read the Niceene Creed, Also, notice that the word catholic (in the creed) is spelled with a lower case "c", meaning universal; not the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 4

A summary of Catholic beliefs is contained in the Nicene Creed (from the year 325):

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, 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 believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son, He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one, holy, catholic, 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.

For a complete description of what Catholics believe, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

There are two significant beliefs that alienates distinctively the catholic religion from the others.
1. The Holy Trinity
2. Mary the Immaculate

Nothing less nothing more.

Answer 6

That depends on what portion of catholic doctrine you are referring to.

They believe in God, Jesus as the Son of God...however catechism also states that salvation is not by grace through faith alone...which is the biblical way of salvation.
catholic teachings differ from biblical teachings in a number of places because new teachings from the church are erroneously given the same validity as the teachings of the Bible and more validity when they contradict the bible, as in the way of salvation.

A good example of this might be to examine the Ten Commandments where the bible states we are not to make images to worship or bow down to, yet catholic bibles omit this commandment and replace it by splitting the commandment concerning coveting a neighbors possessions and wife into two commandments to keep a total of ten. This was done because Catholics regularly make statues of so-called saints in order to pray to them.

Answer 7

that's very hard to answer on here. you should read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it says what we believe in.
peace and God bless

Answer 8

Well they sure don't follow the Bible. I know I used to be one.

Answer 9

Seems the priests believe in child molestation.....

Answer 10

statues