Are Catholics And Other Non Protestant Denominations True Christians?

Question

To Some Extent I Can Discern And To Me They Are Not True Cristians.
Folks Praise The Lord

Answer 1

Are you OK dude?

Answer 2

You can not make the distinction by church or denomination. You have to know a person to really know what they are like and if they have truly given their lives to Christ.
True Christians have had some kind of spiritual born again experience with God. They read the Bible a lot and like to go to church. They like to praise the Lord.. They pray personally to God..
Those are all traits of a true Christian, but to try and lump everyone by church or denomination is not possible.. The Bible also teaches that false Christians will also be in the churches.. and we are not able to judge who is who, God will do that in the end..

Answer 3

Propaganda?....................No. . whilst talking of Protestants the certainty is that there are 1000's, not tens, of denominations, all with competing doctrines and theologies that proceed to fracture and divide. as an occasion, right here is the record of denominations of Methodists: The Methodist Episcopal Church (parent physique) The Primitive Methodist Church in america of a Republican Methodists (stream merged with Congregationalists, 1931, later replaced call to Christian Church) The Methodist Protestant Church The Wesleyan Methodist Connection of u.s. The Methodist Episcopal Church, South Church of the Nazarene international Apostolic Holiness Church Pentecostal Holiness Church The Holiness Church The Pentecost Bands of the international The United Brethren in Christ The Evangelical affiliation United Evangelical Church Evangelical Church The Congregational Methodist Church The loose Methodist Church of North Amercia the hot Congregational Methodist Church African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (replaced to Christian Methodist Episcopal) The Union American Methodist Episcopal Church The African Union Methodist Protestant Church The Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church The Reformed Methodist Church the coloured Methodist Protestant Church The Holiness Methodist Church The Canada Methodist Episcopal Church those Methodists have differing and opposing doctrines and are not in communion with one yet another and proceed to fracture and divide. because of the fact the generations bypass with the aid of, the extra recent denominations glide farther and further from the religion that replaced into delivered with the aid of the Apostles. those are substantial doctrinal modifications which would be unable to be whitewashed or papered over. The form of Protestant denominations speaks to easily how fake Protestantism is. If Protestantism have been genuine, there might purely be one church and it would be a Protestant church. although, on the grounds that there are any such great form of, that shows that they are actually not relatively lead with the aid of the Holy Spirit because of the fact the Catholic Church is. The Catholic Church has one set of ideals, not many. all of us have self belief the comparable difficulty. Protestants have self belief 1000's of 1000's of numerous issues between different denominations. That stated, Catholicism isn't a denomination! anyplace Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.

Answer 4

Most non-Catholic Christian denominations accept Catholics as Christians. A very few do not.

A dictionary would say that a Christian is someone professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.

Catholics would fit this definition.

In the Nicene creed, from 325 A.D., Catholics profess:

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.

We accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We are baptized as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

We truly are spiritually "born again," we just don't usually use those words.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

I am a Catholic convert, and believe me, we are true Christians. We worship the one living and true God, and we believe that the only means of salvation is through the atoning death of Christ on the Cross. Despite the lies that are told by others, we DO NOT worship the Blessed Virgin, and we aren't idolators just because we have statues in our churches. We DO read our Bibles, rather than relying on what we're told.

In this case, your 'discernment' is incorrect. You've been deluded by the enemy of our souls, who loves nothing better than to drive a wedge between groups of Christians. I think you need to pray and ask God to remove Satan's blinders from your eyes before you do further harm with your so-called 'discernment.'

Answer 6

Catholicism as well as ALL the denominations are creations of man, not God. They are religions (ritual) which are often used as a substitute for a real personal relationship with God.

Jesus said, You must be born again. You can be any religion and be born again. Once you accept Him as your savior, and pray and study the Bible and sincerely want to grow in Him, He will lead you where He wants you to worship.

As an example of 'any religion', my husband was born a Jew. He came to accept Jesus as the Messiah which was promised to the Jews. Now many people would say he is no longer a Jew, but that's not so. No one can take away his birthright. Racially too, he is a Jew. He is a Jew that believes that Messiah is Jesus.

As far as Catholicism being the first true church, that's not true. Catholics believe that Jesus made Peter the first pope, but Protestants believe that Jesus said He Himself was the Cornerstone on which to build the church.

People were believing in the Messiah before He was even born. The Psalms, most of which were written by King David 2000 years before Jesus' birth, sing of His coming, ministry and death.

When Jesus was resurrected, He went to a part of hell called Abraham's Bosom and released all those who believed in the promise of Him and were awaiting Him. So one would argue that those were the first true believers, and then there were those followers who came when He began His ministry at 30 years of age.

Answer 7

I believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is seen and unseen.
I 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 men and for 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 fulfilment 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.
I 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.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.

Does this meet your requirements for being a Christian?

Answer 8

Well considering Martin Luther and Protestantism would not exist without Catholicism, yes they are true christians. The Catholic Church is THE oldest Christian institution on earth. They can trace their roots back to the earliest christians while the other christian denominations cannot. They can only trace them back to martin luther who could not have created Protestantism without the catholic church.

So you should ask yourself if YOU are a true christian.

Answer 9

...and I sure there are "Christian" folk who are convinced that your church or religious experience is not Christian. Do they accept One God as the Trinity and Jesus as the only incarnation of God and salvation by the grace of His Death andResurrection? Do they believe the Nicene Creed? Then they are Christian.
Is a "true Christian" someone who lives the grace of Christ and his Beatitudes,Commandments and Creeds by grace through faith which works through love?

Answer 10

Sure, they believe Christ is the son of God, died for their sins and got baptized in the name of the father, son and holy spirit and recognize Christ as their savior. Well what more is required to be a true Christian?

Folks, God bless you all - nobody else will!

Michael Kelly

Answer 11

Anybody who believes that Jesus CHrist is their Lord and Savior, is true man and true God, died on the cross and rose again is a true Christian.

You also need to believe in the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit is one God.