2007-03-31 19:57:17 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course they are.
Christian Protestant and Catholicism Theologies:
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/catholic_protestant.htm
2007-03-31 20:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of the Christian sects do not see Catholics as Christians but most do. After all, at one time the only Christian on the earth were Catholics. Then the Protesters such as Martin Luther broke off from the Catholic Church and started the Protestant Reformation. Luther did not start out to establish a new branch of Christianity, he simply wanted to re-form the Catholic Church so he pro-tested certain rites. But as a result the Protestant Church was given birth.
2007-04-08 17:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptists, Independent Fundamental Baptists, do not consider Catholics christians. The are a cult sect, the biggest in the world, or close.
2007-04-08 13:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by colway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well considering there would be no baptist, protestants or methodist if the catholic religion never formed so the answer is yes they are..all of those sect of christian religions were born from catholic religion..gesh i am jewish and i know that..
2007-04-07 01:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by mindy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the broad sense I think they believe Jesus is the Son of God but add some things that are error. For instance Mary ascending into heaven and her position as an intercessor to God. The Blood of Jesus is what atoned the New Covenant and not Mary. Also the bread and wine of communion does not become the literal body of Jesus -it is only symbolic. The Pope is not Jesus on the Earth (Vicar). There's much more but those are the biggies for me.
2007-04-08 15:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by copperhead89 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-04-02 18:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You don't become a Christian by joining a church, you become one by trusting Jesus to save from your sins.
Any Catholic, Baptist, Methodist who does is a Christian but there are members of any Christian denomination who are not Christians at all. They will be surprised, come Judgment Day because they relied on church membership instead of Jesus.
2007-03-31 20:15:23 · answer #7 · answered by biblechick45 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically, Catholics are considered Christian by definition. But I think alot of Protestants dont consider Catholics to be Christian. Which is weird, because Catholics are the kind of the original/first Christians right?
2007-03-31 20:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by PetraBean 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I am Methodist, so I can only speak for us-yes. We believe anyone that believes Jesus Christ was the son of God, born of flesh,died on a cross for our sins, then rose from the dead and ascended into heaven is a christian.
2007-03-31 20:03:34 · answer #9 · answered by salinger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can be any religion and be a true, born-again believer. Do I believe the Catholic Church teaches and endorses the Biblical doctrine of salvation? No. The Catholic church teaches you must work for your salvation and you must not commit any mortal sins to get to heaven. These doctrines are not scriptural. On a personal level, however, I have met some truly born-again Catholics.
2007-04-05 02:12:55 · answer #10 · answered by irishharpist 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
by some within those sects, yes.
I was raised in a fundamentalist sect called the Plymouth Brethren, and was always told that probably "a few" Catholics were real Christians, but most of them were going to hell.
I'm an atheist now, btw
2007-03-31 20:01:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋