Why do Catholics believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit when Catholicism was around before Jesus?

Answer 1

Oh man, that was cold. True, but cold.

For those who don't understand: he's implying Catholics practice a form of idolatry.

Answer 2

Catholicism was NOT around before Christ. Where did you get such a notion?

The original Christian congregations that were formed by Jesus' Apostles during the first century after his death grew and multiplied over the next 200 years. By the early fourth century these congregations had become somewhat independent in their thinking and doctrinal beliefs.

Constantine, the ruler of the primary power at the time, called for a gathering of all the leaders of these congregations. In 325 the Nicean Counsel was brought together to unite the congregations into one line of thinking. It was at this gathering that Constantine, (not a Christian, by the way) came up with the doctrine of the trinity. Before this time, 300 years after the death of Christ, there was no concept or mention of anything resembling a trinity. The organization of churches formed at this time soon evolved into what was later referred to as the Roman Catholic church.

Answer 3

Catholicism was not around before Christ, Judism was however. The Trinity- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
is recognized in most Catholic, Protestant, and Mormon religions.

Answer 4

What give you the thought that Catholicism was around before Christ? There is no conclusive proof on this thought.

Christianity in all its form came about after the death of Christ. Catholicism is one form of Christianity, it is not the original and many would argue that it is the least inaccurate as Christianity and following Christ is explained in Scripture.

Judaism, was around pre-Christ, as the Jews were considered God's Chosen People. However the Christian Scriptures imply that the law changed after Jesus.
It states that 'He is the way, the Truth, and the Life, No one comes to the Father except through Me.' (John 14:6)
Like wise he said 'To all who receive him, To those who believed in his name, He gave the right to become children of God.' (John 1:12)

Answer 5

Catholicism was *not* around before Jesus.

Jesus was the founder of the religion (Christianity, which for a while consisted of mainly what we now call Catholicism and Orthodoxy, plus some splinter groups), though other people were the popularizers.

Answer 6

+ Catholic +

Jesus set up the original Christian Church.

This same Church has referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD (about 10 years after the last book of the New Testament was written), when the term appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:

"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html

We do not know how long they had been using the term "Catholic" before it was included in this letter.

All of this was long before the Council of Nicea and the Nicene Creed from 325 A.D. which states, "We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church."

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07644a.htm

+ The Holy Trinity +

The Bible does not contain the word Trinity. However, the Holy Trinity is hinted at repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments.

Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the early Christians prayed and struggled over these hints for a couple of centuries. The concept of the Holy Trinity (three persons in one God) was mainstream Christianity in 325 A.D. at the Council of Nicaea and our belief is expressed in the Nicene Creed from that council:

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.

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. ...

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son, He is worshiped and glorified. ...

For many biblical references, see: http://www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/Trinity.txt


+ With love in Christ.

Answer 7

Catholicism does not predate Jesus. It's founders are the apostles and view Matthew 16:18-19 as the specific juncture where he speaks of building His church with Saint Peter as it's head.

Answer 8

Where did you get your false information about Catholicism being around before Jesus?? Come on nothing on Earth was around before Jesus since HE is the one who made the Earth and everything on it.

Answer 9

If Jesus was in the beginning (John 1); how was Catholicism here before he was?

Answer 10

The early church was catholic (lower case "c") at its inception. That means universal, or for all. It did not become Catholic (upper case "C") until around 600 when Gregory became the very 1st pope. The bishop of Rome had become the unofficial leader of the Christian church about 150 years earlier. Catholicism as a religion did not start until after Gregory.

Answer 11

Huh? Where do you get this from?

Catholicism IS Christianity. Catholicism IS the belief and faith in Jesus Christ. Since Christianity came from Christ, how, then, could it possibly predate Jesus?