what is the difference between protestants and catholics ??

Question

and also.. what would you advise to christening or babtizing... whats the difference ?? me and my partner dont really believe in religion, but like the children to go to a catholic school as they seem better schools locally......

Answer 1

+ Similarities +

"What separates us as believers in Christ is much less than what unites us." (Pope John XXIII)

Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and other Christians.

Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):

By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.

There are many minor doctrine issues and some major cultural traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.

A Catholic worships and follows Christ in the tradition of Catholicism which, among other things, recognizes that Christ made Peter the leader of His new Church and Pope Benedict XVI is Peter's direct successor.

+ Baptism +

Catholic baptize (and do not christen) people. The parents and godparents promise to bring the child up as a Catholic. If you choose to make this promise then please take it seriously.

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

This is mainly a historical question.

The Catholic Church is the original church founded by Jesus 2,000 years ago. He gave the Apostles the Faith and the authority to protect, teach, and govern in matters of the faith.

Protestantism is a protest of the authority of the Catholic Church. The Protestant Reformation was the event where a split occurred in Christianity around the year 1500. This happened due to abuses and corruption in the Church. However, the father of the Reformation, Martin Luther, never wanted to leave the Church, only reform the abuses caused by men. He maintained that the Faith preserved in the Church was pure and perfect. However, others saw differently and pursued the separation.

Since then, thousands of different protestant denominations have emerged over the centuries, each one claiming to have the original teachings of Christ that was first given to the Catholic Church. This is why there is so much confusion.

We should pray for all Christians, that everyone become united under the Church that Christ founded.

God bless.

Answer 3

Working backwards, you usually don't have to be catholic to go to catholic school. It may be different in your diocese depending on the demand but I would check with the school.

Christening is just another name for infant baptism. The main difference would be in what the priest or minister requires of you and the god parents (if any). A protestant might be more willing to baptize a child of "partners" than a catholic would, especially if you don't have a relationship with the church. Note that there are a wide variety of protestant churches and you may need to shop around for one with a liberal attitude. You might want to start with the Episcopalians or Methodists, they are often more liberal theologically.

As far as the difference. Protestants arose as a protest against catholic practices. They tend to be more biblically oriented, they believe that each person should be able to read the bible (protestants were the first to advocate translating it) and prayer directly to god (protestants hold services in the language of the congregation, something catholics did not do until Vatican II). Catholics tend to be more hierarchical and invest more power in the church rulers including the ability to add theology that carries the same weight as the bible.

Answer 4

Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church hundreds of years ago. There are many differences from leadership, to how many books there are in their Old Testament - to the number of Sacraments and how they are experienced and the style of worship.
Anyone who can afford the tuition can go to a Catholic School. If they have difficulty with the tuition, often times scholarships or volunteering for the parish can help lessen the amount.

Answer 5

Difference between Protestants and Catholics is that Protestants don't believe in praying to the saints or working their way to Heaven.

Answer 6

As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - from the Greek adjective καθολικός, meaning "general" or "universal"[1] - is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows:

~Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or in accord with (a) this, (b) the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western, (c) the Latin Church after that separation, (d) the part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation, (e) any church (as the Anglican) claiming continuity with (b)." [1]
Leaving aside the historical meanings indicated under (b) and (c) above, the Oxford English Dictionary thus associates present-day Catholicism with:

(a) "the whole body of Christians". The actual extension of Catholicism in this sense varies with the different understandings of what it means to be a Christian.
(d) "the part of the Latin Church that remained under the Roman obedience after the Reformation", i.e. the Catholic or Roman Catholic Church. This definition of Catholicism should be expanded to cover the Eastern particular Churches that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, and that the Church in question sees as no less part of Catholicism than the Latin particular Church.
(e) "any church (as the Anglican) claiming continuity with the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western". Churches that make this claim of continuity include not only those of the Anglican Communion, but, among others, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Assyrian Church of the East. The claim of continuity may be based on apostolic succession, especially in conjunction with adherence to the Nicene Creed. Some interpret Catholicism as adherence to the traditional beliefs that Protestant Reformers denied (see, for example, the Oxford Movement).


Protestant (from "protestors") is one of three main groups of Christianity, typically referring to European churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Renaissance-era Protestant Reformation.

A commonly given definition is merely "any Christian denomination which is not Roman Catholic or Orthodox Christian." (However, see also Copt (which do not descend from the Roman Catholic church) and Anabaptist (which rejected the state church altogether).) The term "Protestant" now represents a diverse range of perspectives, denominations, individuals, and related organizations, all typically focused on a worship of Jesus and a deference to the New Testament over the Old.

The Reformation came about through a number of factors, notably that Rome had abused its political power (hence failed to provide for salvation), and the advent of the press —the printing of the Gutenberg Bible and dissident publications soon after. But different Reformations had both a different character and different result depending on the region, culture, and theological doctrines. So while Martin Luther's "95 Theses" (1517) (preceded by the Hussites and Waldensians) offers the theological roots for much of Protestantism, the English Reformation (for example) was characterized largely by political power struggle between Rome and the English monarch. These distinctions were to some degree inherited to descendant churches, called "denominations," and notable differences remain between (for example) Anglican Churches and non-Anglican Protestant churches (Lutheran, Calvinist, etc.). "Restorationism," including Protestant denominations such as Presbyterianism, Baptist, and Methodist, characterizes denominations that reject some aspects of the Reformation. Two hundred years after the Reformation, in the United States, the "Great Awakenings" led to the creation of other Protestant sub-denominations like the Baptists, Pentecostals and Adventists. (Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormonism, though sometimes classified as Protestant or Protestant-descended, holds significantly divergent views from "mainstream" Protestantism.)

Protestantism is currently the dominant religion of many first-world countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Certain forms of Protestantism —in particular, Evangelicalism (including Baptists and Pentecostals) — is also currently the fastest growing branch of Christianity today[citation needed], with significant growth in countries such as China (Christian News Service), India and many nations in Europe as well as Africa.

Answer 7

Catholics... i dont know what they do but i dont feel much spirit in them

BUt protestants
We praise the lord , dance, preach, fill with the holy ghost...
and miracles happen like everyday

Answer 8

As my old friend Frankie Benson (a wonderful Irishman) would say,"their choice of whiskey."

Answer 9

Birth control.

VLR

Answer 10

it takes only one catholic to change a light bulb.

thanks ladies and gentlemen. I'll be here all week!