If catholics are christians then why, when you ask them what they are, they say "catholic"?

Question

And not until you respond by saying "oh, youre a catholic? Well, Im a christian" then they want to change their answer all the sudden and say " Oh, Im christian too". No,it doesnt work like that, your first answer it the one who have to stick with.

Answer 1

Catholicism is a blend of paganism and Christianity. It was created in hopes to bring peace between the two groups and then made the official religion. They are not Christian.


Following the popes rules is from the pit. He is a sinner and means no more to God than me or you.

And I'm glad this sinner "decided" babies aren't in limbo or some BS like that, it is a joke.

The best is when they used to have " relics " in churches and followers would travel to the church to kiss the finger bone of one of the apostles or a piece of Mary's veil......thats not in the gospel.....thats paganism; but they don't like to talk about that stuff. Plus they made some sweet cash off it.

Answer 2

Sorry sweety. I have to disagree.

For 1500 years we were all Catholics. Catholic means universal.

The difference between Catholic Christian and Protestant Christian is 500 years.

For many years it was "I am Catholic" or "I am Protestant."

Today, however "protesting" is not such a big issue. Very few actually call themselves Protestant. Most just use Christian.

Many believe the only Catholics are Roman. Not true. There are 21 branches of Catholicism UNDER the Holy See. Many more branches that have left but are still Catholic.

Our Protestant Anglican cousins are Catholics by design.

Many are confused on the issue. Protestants think Catholics are not Christian. So we have to "explain" that we are.

Even so, many Catholics think they aren't "Christian" because they equate the term "Christian" to Protestants.

Again, not so.

Very complicated wouldn't you say?

Answer 3

Catholics are the original Christians, who still actually believe and practice all that the true Church of God has always taught.

A "Christian" may be any one of 31,000 different denominations, all claiming to believe in Jesus Christ, in some way, shape, or form, but all of them having different creeds, practices, and beliefs.

Catholic Christians enjoy a natural primacy over late day Christians, due to the fact that Jesus personally founded, authorized, empowered, and guaranteed the Catholic Church, some 1500 years before the first protestant Christian ever thumped a bible, while neither God nor scripture ever authorized or approved any other denomination or group.

I'm more than happy to stick with that!

Answer 4

We live in a pro dominantly Christian society, so I like to be specific, and if I got into this discussion and I said Catholic, the other person would probably say Methodist, Lutheran, etc. It is very rare for someone in the United States to simply say Christian. Now if I was in India or somewhere where Christianity was not the majority I would probably say Christian first.

Answer 5

Same reason that a Baptist tells you he's a Baptist. In this society, just saying "Christian" is far too vague. People want to know what kind of Christian you are, since there are so many denominations. If I just said "Christian", you wouldn't know if I was Catholic, Orthodox, Episcopalian, Pentecostal, or Mennonite. Catholicism is, statistically, the largest single denomination within Christianity. I am a Roman Catholic, which means that I am, by definition, a Christian.

Answer 6

for generations in the US when one was asked their religion it meant your demonination. it was assumed Christian unless stated otherwise. when someone asks "what i am" it depends on the conversation we are having. sometimes i say - Polish :) When someone replies Catholic, it is implied Christian as well - just as with Baptist and Methodist, et al. Catholics will generally say - well yeah I'm a Christian too becuase people seem to have some silly notions that Catholics are not Christains. that's the biggest load a hooey i've evr heard. w hile there are those that are not strong in their faith and are following like blind ducks - that is within every denomination. Catholics are Christains for they believe in One God, the Father the Almighty & in Jesus Christ, His Only Son - Our Lord. Christ has died, Christ has Risen Christ WILL come again!

YSIC.

Answer 7

Do you seriously think that we Catholics dance nude around Zeus' altar or worship Osirus? We worship the one living and true God, and we know that the only way of salvation is through Jesus' atoning Sacrifice on the Cross. Last time I checked, that makes us Christians whose denomination is Catholic.

If someone says to you, "I'm Lutheran (or Methodist or Presbyterian," do you give them this same line of nonsense? Or do you just nod your head and smile at a fellow Christian?

I'm willing to bet that Catholic Christians are the only ones you single out for this kind of treatment.

Answer 8

that's because of fact the Roman Catholic Church began with Emperor Constantine in 314AD and it is not comparable to the “first church”, the genuine "catholic (standard) church" , that's recorded interior the recent testomony, rather interior the e book of Acts and the Epistles of Paul. This Roman standard church eventualy grew to grow to be the coolest State faith of the Roman Empire and over the years the Roman Church began merging in commonplace Pagan customs and ceremonies via changing the names and symbolism to Christian names and logos so as that their version of the church might have standard charm by using out the Empire and unite all the human beings. regrettably over the centuries additionally they further doctrines that weren't Biblical and fairly against the Gospel message - alongside with purgatory, limbo, advertising of 'indulgences', over-adulation of the Virgin Mary, infallibility of the Pope (who grew to become into additionally corrupt in the process e.g. the reign of the Borgias), the buyer Saint gadget and so on. different Christians disagreed ( and rightly so) with lots of those new heresies and split off: the Orthodox church, the Protestant circulate alongside with the Lutherans, the Church of england, and so on. although..... almost all of those denominations, alongside with Roman Catholics, nonetheless have confidence interior the comparable fundamentals of Christianity: the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Resurrection, the Virgin beginning and so on as defined interior the fact of theory agreed on the Council of Nicaea interior the 4th Century - widely used because of fact the Nicene Creed, so all can particularly rightly call themselves Christians. some cults additionally call themselves Christian because of fact they are asserting they too have confidence in Jesus, however the project is their Jesus is a distinctive Jesus to the Jesus of the Bible, additionally they have their very own (and extremely distinctive) interpretation of words like the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Resurrection and the Virgin beginning, so they don't look to be in all probability Christians in any respect beause they persist with a distinctive Gospel and a distinctive Jesus.

Answer 9

Well why do protestants say Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Lutheran, etc... instead of just Protestant?

People identify with their group is all and that does not make them less christian. Remember they were the first christian religion and the Protestants broke off from them and not the other way around.

Answer 10

I find all all people like to define exactly were their Christianity comes from be it Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptize Anglican. Oh, I am Anglican and I too am a Christan. each and every person is proud of their Higher Power, Muslin's, Jewish, well you get the picture.

Answer 11

Because there are thousands of different sects now. Aren't there like 5000 'non-denominational' sects alone?

Catholics ARE Christians, despite what many say.