Well actually his real name is yeshua ben yosef (Ya-shoe-a Ben Yo-sef) which modernly is translated into Joshua son of Josef, Jesus was a greek translation. Why pray to a mortal, even if Catholics believe he is god, insead of praying to imortal, allpowerful god.
Q part 2: Why do Catholic's and Christian's believe that yeshua ben yosef is god. He was a reveloutionary, no doubt, But he was more of a Karl Marx than someone who beleived he was god. He had scocialist ideals.
Q part 3: Even thought yeshua ben yosef never claimed to be a god*, why do catholic's and Christian's beleive that he is god and not the millions of other people that actually claimed to be god's before him.
*Catholisism, Christianity and Judism, contrary to popular belief are not monotheisic, but polytheistic. In the bible god does not deny that there are other gods but says he is the superior one, kinda egotistical if you ask me.
2007-05-10 21:17:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Judaism DOES NOT, NEVER HAD NOR WILL HAVE any other God(s).
Sorry for that. You wrong on this one.
2007-05-10 21:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by Servette 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
+ Question 1: The New Testament is written in Greek and so the Greek name of Jesus has come down to us.
+ Question 2: The New Testament and Apostolic Tradition tells us that Jesus is God the Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
+ Question 3: Jesus did claim to be the Son of God which all Jews at the time knew that he meant that he was God. This was the blasphemy for which the Jews handed him over to Romans.
+ The Nature of Jesus +
The Nicene Creed (from the year 325) talks about the nature of Jesus Christ:
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.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains what we believe in depth:
http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt2.htm
+ The Holy Trinity +
The doctrine of the Holy Trinity in which the one true God is made up of three separate but equal persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
This belief is shared by most Christian denominations including Roman and Orthodox Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals and Episcopalians.
All of these groups would state that they are monotheists.
Some non-trinitarian religions like Judaism and Islam occasionally accuse Trinitarians of polytheism.
+ With love in Christ.
2007-05-11 17:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah, for example, is more of a title than it is a name. Allah means God. Jesus, Jehovah, Yeshua, these are actual names.
Often when a name travels across languages it changes. There is no disrespect meant when the name changes pronunciation or even changes totally. Hasinan to Syed, for example, or Yousef to Joe.
People get caught up in languages. God speaks all languages and as long as we speak to and about God with love and respect God returns the love and respect to us.
PS: This is common Anti-Christian Islamic propaganda. The Messiah is the Savior of mankind and there is no Savior but God. The Savior brings the Law to the gentiles and the Law, or Talmud, is within the Bible and was spread to the gentiles through Jesus. The Koran does not contain the Talmud, or Law, it creates a new law.
2007-05-10 22:03:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Catholic, but I know the answers.
Q1. The Bible says that no one can get to the Father except through Jesus. Jesus goes to God the Father on our behalf.
Q2 and Q3. Jesus is part of God because of all the qualities he has that are far beyond any "mortal". Jesus, by the way, rose from the dead and then went to heaven without dying. Therefor he would be considered immortal.
Final* The Bible does not say that there is any other God. It is saying that people should not feel there is another God to worship. God should be revered above all things (including false "Gods" that people may believe exist). By the way, most Christians believe that God has three parts to Him: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit. All are God, but each has distinct characteristics.
2007-05-10 21:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Firstly, not all Catholic prayers are towards Jesus. The Hail Mary is addressed to the Virgin Mary, and the Our Father is addressed to God.
Jesus is his latinised name, and since it's Roman Catholic this seems to make sense. What you call him doesn't make much difference, it's still the same person.
The trinity deal is that the Holy Spirit, God and Jesus are all the same person. I could never get my head around this, but Jesus is essentially God in human form. Which is why many Catholic prayers are directed at him. He did after all, die for our sins etc.
While Jesus never explicity said "I am God" his words implied a very strong connection, and it became Catholic doctrine that he was infact, a part of God.
God says "Worship No other Gods than Me", which may be inferred either way, that he is the one, or that he is the one we should be worshipping. Nearly all Christians believe that there is but One God.
2007-05-10 21:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by tom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We pray to Jesus because He is God. He is the second person of the Most Holy Trinity. We are not polytheistic. We believe and acknowledge ONE God, only one. The Trinity is ONE God in three divine persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus was God made flesh. He was both fully God and fully man. He was not just another revolutionary in a long line of other revolutionaries. He is the Incarnate Word.
If you study the bible, there are numerous passages indicating the divinity of Christ.
Here's a link that might be helpful:
http://catholic.com/library/Divinity_of_Christ.asp
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/jesus_christ_divinity.html
God bless.
2007-05-11 05:09:08 · answer #6 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why do you pray the Lord's prayer over and over? Isn't that repetition? No, you say? Why not? Because it's not "vain" repetition. And neither is the Hail Mary and the Rosary. You know, buddy, if you're happy in your religious beliefs, fine. But why do you feel such a need to attack the beliefs of Catholics?
2016-05-20 03:15:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is what Islam believes.Have you read the bible? If you have then you will know and see that the birth of Christ was foretold in the book of Isiah. In the gospel of John, the first few sentences, "First there was the word(Jesus), the word was with God, the word was God"!
2007-05-10 23:40:39 · answer #8 · answered by Sniper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
>>Why are all Catholic prayers adressed to jesus?<<
Wow! After being accused of praying to everyone and everything OTHER than Jesus, your question is a refreshing change!
2007-05-10 21:26:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
hail mary and the Lord's prayer (our father) are the 2 most common Catholic prayers.
2007-05-10 21:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋