can someone please tell me whats the difference between catholics and christians?
2007-04-06 04:34:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians are the whole group of people that believe Jesus is God.. Catholics are those that use religion to define their faith for them... Jim
2007-04-06 04:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics are Christians. If you want to make a more proper distinction, it is Catholics and Protestants.
The Catholic Church as been around since Christ founded her 2,000 years ago. She has preserved, taught, and protected His teachings from the beginning.
Most Christians - catholic and protestant - have the same basic beliefs: that Jesus is our Lord and Savior, in His life, death and resurrection, repentance and forgiveness of sins, and the hope of eternal life. After this, it's difficult to explain.
Protestantism is a break from the Catholic Church around the year 1500, and includes all non-Catholic Christian churches.
When one tries to understand what Protestants teach, they soon discover that there are as many different beliefs as there are protestants. The reason is that Protestantism fractures every time there is a difference of opinion about belief. This is why we have over 54,000 different protestant denominations. When faced with this daunting number, someone trying to find the true teachings of Christ would feel this is impossible. Ironically, while each denomination is different from the other, they each claim to have Christ's true teachings and each condemn the other. It's crazy.
For the fullness of Christ's teachings and to be part of the Church He originally set down, explore the Catholic Church. You'll be glad you did.
God bless and take care.
2007-04-07 15:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by Danny H 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In the beginning The Roman empire split in two...
One half (The Western empire) became Catholics...
The Eastern Roman empire became Orthodox...
Both were Christian...
Then Martin Luther (Not Martin Luther King) sparked the Protestant movement...........Baptist, Methodists.....and the rest of Christian sects..
Catholics are Christians....Just like the others...And by the way I believe that the Orthodox is the oldest of the sects.....
We are brothers and sisters but we all have the same father!!!
2007-04-06 22:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised a Catholic, I never seen my parents take nor read the bible. It was church on Sunday morning and the bars Sunday night. As a Christan we not only take our bible we read and learn the word of God from it. This is what changed my life. Although this is just 1 answer. It's the difference to me. God Bless and good luck.
2007-04-06 12:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by majat888 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are people that believe in God, and include many religions i.e. Baptist, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Anglicans AND Catholics.
Catholics are a group of Christians.
2007-04-06 12:18:06 · answer #5 · answered by phanti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋