2007-06-05 21:57:38 · 34 answers · asked by jackie n 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
all Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians are Catholic
2007-06-05 22:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by puppies.sunshine 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Catholics are Christians
2007-06-05 22:04:14 · answer #2 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse my ignorane but I thought the bible was put together by a group of Archbishops, who would have been Catholic. Christianity branched from there and are more geares towords the New Testament but essentially they study the same word of God as it is not the Bible that has changed, It is which bits apply to the religion.
I am sure you could build a very natural faith from what is in the Bible if you only worked with those words.
If Christians say they believe the whole of the Bible , every bit then they are the same as Cathoilics. It is more about which chapters are emphasised. It would be impossible to follow every word as there are contradictions.
2007-06-05 22:30:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No catholics are christians and not all christians are catholics.But catolics and protestants are christians .They have the same belief that is christianity religion.Its holy book is the same Torach the old testaments and Bible the new testaments.They believe in the same trinity but they have a few differences such as the catholics should ask for God's forgiveness through its pastor or priest but protestants can ask for God's fogiveness directly and individually. without through the priest.They are the same that Isa or Jesus prophet as the son of God .
2007-06-05 22:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics ARE Christians.
If you're asking if Catholics and PROTESTANTS have the same beliefs, then the answer is - basically, yes they do. They believe Christ is the savior. Are there differences? Of course. Heck, Protestants don't agree with each other. Every form of Christianity has a difference.
2007-06-05 22:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by Wings 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christianity and Catholicism both believes that Jesus is the Christ and Son of God. However, Catholics is more on the lip service side of telling everybody that Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of humanity. They don't really trust the things they say about Christ as shown by their practices. They believe that Mary is the 'mediatrix' to God, a Savior as well (as was declared in the Council of Trent) and that she ascended to heaven just like Christ. A lot of Catholic practices is also in stark contrast with what the Bible says.
Christians on the other side believes that Jesus Christ alone is the 'the way, the truth and the life...'.
2007-06-05 22:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by The Apostle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some is the same, but Christian beliefs vary wildly, some are evolutionists, some are creationists, some celebrate Christmas, some don't celebrate Christmas, some don't even believe in the Bible. Today, being a Christian can represent a huge array of beliefs.
2007-06-05 22:02:00 · answer #7 · answered by Daisy Indigo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"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.
With love in Christ.
2007-06-06 18:44:44 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all catholics are christian, but not all christians are catholic. christianity is a belief system based on the supposition that Jesus is the Son of God, is THE Messiah, and died for our sins. catholicism is a religion based on christianity, but also includes many other factors like intercessory prayer to the Saints, admiration of the virgin mary(not worship or idolatry), the belief that it's a sin to use birth control, the belief that it's a sin to miss mass on sundays or other holy days, the necessity and obligation to confess your sins to a priest and to God, and probably tons more details i don't remember.
2007-06-05 22:07:45 · answer #9 · answered by susan l 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catholicism is a subset of Christianity.
There are hundreds if not thousands of denominations within Christianity that have slightly varying beliefs.
Getting two Christians to completely agree on their text, their religion, or their beliefs is probably as likely as winning the lottery three times in one week.
2007-06-05 22:04:43 · answer #10 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the Roman Catholic Church was based on Christianity ie the teachings of Christ.Splinter groups.Protestants,Mormons, Methodists,Quakers,etc just use different methods to achieve the same goal with a very slightly differing slant on the Bible
2007-06-05 22:03:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋